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Journal of critical care · Jun 2012
Spontaneous breathing trial needs to be prolonged in critically ill and older patients requiring mechanical ventilation.
- Kang-Cheng Su, Cheng-Chien Tsai, Kun-Ta Chou, Chong-Chen Lu, Yung-Yang Liu, Chun-Sheng Chen, Yu-Chung Wu, Yu-Chin Lee, and Diahn-Warng Perng.
- Department of Chest Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, 112 Taiwan.
- J Crit Care. 2012 Jun 1;27(3):324.e1-7.
PurposeTo investigate a modified weaning procedure to predict extubation outcome in critically older and ventilated patients.MethodsWe retrospectively analyzed extubation outcome in older (≥ 70 years) and ventilated patients. In period I (2007), patients passing a 2-hour spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) were extubated. In period II (2008), patients underwent an 8-hour SBT on day 1 and a 2-hour SBT, followed by extubation on day 2. Weaning parameters were recorded at baseline (T(0)) (periods I and II), 2 and 8 (T(8)) hours after SBT (period II).ResultsThe demographic data of patients in each period (n = 64 and 67, respectively) were similar. Patients in period II demonstrated a higher rate of SBT failure but a significantly lower rate of extubation failure and reintubation mortality. In period II, successfully extubated patients demonstrated a significantly lower value of rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI) at T(8). The ratio of RSBI at T(8) over T(0) (T(8)/T(0) ≤ 1.4) demonstrated good diagnostic value (sensitivity 89.5%, specificity 80.0%, accuracy 88.4%) in predicting successful extubation.ConclusionsFor critically older and ventilated patients, a prolonged SBT in conjunction with evolution of the RSBI ratio over baseline during SBT may serve as a useful procedure to predict extubation outcome.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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