• Journal of critical care · Apr 2012

    Weaning predictors do not predict extubation failure in simple-to-wean patients.

    • Augusto Savi, Cassiano Teixeira, Joyce Michele Silva, Luis Guilherme Borges, Priscila Alves Pereira, Kamile Borba Pinto, Fernanda Gehm, Fernanda Callefe Moreira, Ricardo Wickert, Cristiane Brenner Eilert Trevisan, Juçara Gasparetto Maccari, Roselaine Pinheiro Oliveira, Silvia Regina Rios Vieira, and Gaúcho Weaning Study Group.
    • Intensive Care Unit of Moinhos de Vento Hospital, Porto Alegre, Rua Ramiro Barcelos 910, Brazil. gutosavi@bol.com.br
    • J Crit Care. 2012 Apr 1;27(2):221.e1-8.

    BackgroundPredictor indexes are often included in weaning protocols and may help the intensive care unit (ICU) staff to reach expected weaning outcome in patients on mechanical ventilation.ObjectiveThe objective of this study is to evaluate the potential of weaning predictors during extubation.DesignThis is a prospective clinical study.SettingsThe study was conducted in 3 medical-surgical ICUs.PatientsFive hundred consecutive unselected patients ventilated for more than 48 hours were included.Methods And MeasurementsAll patients were extubated after 30 minutes of successful spontaneous breathing trial and followed up for 48 hours. The protocol evaluated hemodynamics, ventilation parameters, arterial blood gases, and the weaning indexes frequency to tidal volume ratio; compliance, respiratory rate, oxygenation, and pressure; maximal inspiratory pressure; maximal expiratory pressure; Pao(2)/fraction of inspired oxygen; respiratory frequency; and tidal volume during mechanical ventilation and in the 1st and 30th minute of spontaneous breathing trial.ResultsReintubation rate was 22.8%, and intensive care mortality was higher in the reintubation group (10% vs 31%; P < .0001). The areas under the receiver operating characteristic curve showed that tests did not discriminate which patients could tolerate extubation.ConclusionUsual weaning indexes are poor predictors for extubation outcome in the overall ICU population.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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