Predictors of early weaning failure from mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients after emergency gastrointestinal surgery: A retrospective study.

ABSTRACT: Mechanical ventilation (MV) is the most common therapeutic modality used for critically ill patients. However, prolonged MV is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Therefore, it is important to avoid both premature extubation and unnecessary prolongation of MV. Although some studies have determined the predictors of early weaning success and failure, only a few have investigated these factors in critically ill surgical patients who require postoperative MV. The aim of this study was to evaluate predictors of early weaning failure from MV in critically ill patients who had undergone emergency gastrointestinal (GI) surgery.The medical records of 3327 adult patients who underwent emergency GI surgery between January 2007 and December 2016 were reviewed retrospectively. Clinical and l

SUBMITTER: Jung YT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6200493 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature