Variables predicting weaning outcome in prolonged mechanically ventilated tracheotomized patients: a retrospective study.
Alessandro GhianiJoanna PaderewskaAlexandros SainisAlexander CrispinSwenja WalcherClaus NeurohrPublished in: Journal of intensive care (2020)
In the present study, the derived predictors of weaning point to a crucial role of the workload imposed on respiratory muscles during spontaneous breathing. Mechanical power normalized to lung-thorax compliance was independently correlated with weaning outcome and may identify patients at high risk for weaning failure.