Ventilation Liberation Practices Among 380 International PICUs.

ABSTRACT: 1) Characterize the prevalence of ventilator liberation protocol use in international PICUs, 2) identify the most commonly used protocol elements, and 3) estimate an international extubation failure rate and use of postextubation noninvasive respiratory support modes.

Design

International cross-sectional study.

Subjects

Nontrainee pediatric medical and cardiac critical care physicians.

Setting

Electronic survey.

Intervention

None.

Measurements and main results

Responses represented 380 unique PICUs from 47 different countries. Protocols for Spontaneous Breathing Trial (SBT) practice (50%) and endotracheal tube cuff management (55.8%) were the only protocols used by greater than or equal to 50% of PICUs. Among PICUs screening for SBT eligibility, physician

SUBMITTER: Loberger JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9150886 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature