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The patient did not die in time to donate organs but did so hours later. “I felt like if she had been given more time on the ventilator, she could have pulled through,” Duff said.

The desired outcomes for the mechanically ventilated patient are prompt liberation from the ventilator, removal of the artificial airway, and a return to normal, spontaneous breathing.