Handgrip strength cutoff value predicting successful extubation in mechanically ventilated patients.

Narongkorn SaiphoklangNattawadee Mokkongphai

Published in: PloS one (2021)

HGS may be a predictive tool to guide extubation with better sensitivity and specificity than RSBI. A prospective study is needed to verify HGS test as adjunctive to RSBI in ventilator weaning protocol.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
end stage renal disease
intensive care unit
cardiac surgery
chronic kidney disease
newly diagnosed
randomized controlled trial
ejection fraction
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
patient reported