Rationale: Pediatric-specific ventilator liberation guidelines are lacking despite the many
studies exploring elements of extubation readiness testing. The lack of clinical practice …

Despite the accepted importance of minimizing time on mechanical ventilation, only limited
guidance on weaning and extubation is available from the pediatric literature. A significant …

Background Common, operational definitions are crucial to assess interventions and
outcomes related to pediatric mechanical ventilation. These definitions can reduce …

OBJECTIVES: To map the evidence for ventilation liberation practices in pediatric respiratory
failure using the Realist And MEta-narrative Evidence Syntheses: Evolving Standards …

OBJECTIVES: Describe international pediatric ventilation liberation practices and regional
practice variation. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: International cross-sectional …

Objectives: Establishing protocols to wean mechanical ventilation and assess readiness for
extubation, with the goal of minimizing morbidity associated with extubation failure and …

Objective: A systematic review of weaning and extubation for pediatric patients on
mechanical ventilation. Data Selection: Pediatric and adult literature, English language …

BACKGROUND: Invasive mechanical ventilation is a lifesaving intervention that is
associated with short-and long-term morbidities. Extubation readiness protocols aim to …

BACKGROUND: The pediatric literature addressing extubation readiness parameters and
strategies to wean from mechanical ventilation is limited. METHODS: We designed a survey …

MATERIALS AND METHODS This retrospective study was approved by the institutional
review board of Children's Hospital, Boston. All patients aged 19 yrs who were admitted to …