Impact of frailty on protocol-based weaning from mechanical ventilation in patients with sepsis: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Frailty has been shown to be associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV). However, due to limited physiological data, it has been unclear how frailty affects weaning from MV in septic patients subjected to a specific weaning protocol.

Methods

This was a single-center retrospective cohort study. The study included patients with sepsis on MV who underwent protocol-based weaning between August 2015 and December 2018. Frailty was defined as a Clinical Frailty Scale score 4 or more. The association between frailty and weaning was evaluated.

Results

Ninety-nine eligible patients were identified and categorized as frail (n = 67) or not frail (n = 32). The duration of MV was significantly longer in the frail group (8 days versus 5 days, P < 0.01). In multivariat

SUBMITTER: Matsuda W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7705235 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature