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Pediatric extubation readiness tests should not use pressure support.

Robinder G KhemaniJustin HotzRica MorzovRutger C FlinkAsvari KamerkarMarie LaFortuneGerrard F RaffertyPatrick A RossChristopher J L Newth
Published in: Intensive care medicine (2016)
Regardless of endotracheal tube size, pressure support during extubation readiness tests significantly underestimates post-extubation effort of breathing.
Keyphrases
  • cardiac surgery
  • mechanical ventilation
  • respiratory failure
  • acute kidney injury
  • intensive care unit
  • acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
  • young adults