Pediatric extubation readiness tests should not use pressure support.
Robinder G KhemaniJustin HotzRica MorzovRutger C FlinkAsvari KamerkarMarie LaFortuneGerrard F RaffertyPatrick A RossChristopher J L NewthPublished in: Intensive care medicine (2016)
Regardless of endotracheal tube size, pressure support during extubation readiness tests significantly underestimates post-extubation effort of breathing.