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