Sleep alterations just after extubation do not predict short-term respiratory failure, but…

Prone positioning for acute respiratory failure improved short-term oxygenation but not survival.

Weaning indexes do not predict success with non invasive mechanical ventilation in extubation failure

Introduction Lung ultrasound (LUS) is a useful tool in the intensive care unit (ICU) and in mechanical ventilation it has been possible to measure lung collapse that presents after a spontaneous breathing test by measuring lung aeration loss and detecting those patients that probably will fail extubation and assessing the necessity of non invasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) as well as those ...

Weaning predictors do not predict extubation failure in simple-to-wean patients.

BACKGROUND Predictor indexes are often included in weaning protocols and may help the intensive care unit (ICU) staff to reach expected weaning outcome in patients on mechanical ventilation. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study is to evaluate the potential of weaning predictors during extubation. DESIGN This is a prospective clinical study. SETTINGS The study was conducted in 3 medical-s...

Conventional weaning parameters do not predict extubation failure in neurocritical care patients.

OBJECTIVE Predicting extubation failure (EF) is one of the most challenging aspects of critical care medicine. The literature on EF in neurocritical care patients is very scarce. We sought to determine the ability of traditional weaning parameters to predict EF in neurocritical patients. METHODS This is a retrospective observational study performed at a tertiary level, academic, Neurological ...

Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation for respiratory failure after extubation.

BACKGROUND The need for reintubation after extubation and discontinuation of mechanical ventilation is not uncommon and is associated with increased mortality. Noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation has been suggested as a promising therapy for patients with respiratory failure after extubation, but a single-center, randomized trial recently found no benefit. We conducted a multicenter, rand...