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 …

Objectifs: Évaluer la valeur d'une épreuve de ventilation spontanée utilisant un ballon
d'anesthésie pour prédire le succès d'extubation. Les objectifs secondaires étaient d'évaluer …

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

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

Purpose Pressure support is often used for extubation readiness testing, to overcome
perceived imposed work of breathing from endotracheal tubes. We sought to determine …

Methods A longitudinal retrospective chart review in a level III, fully outborn NICU, of
intubated infants admitted 1-year prior (Group 1), and 1 year after implementation (Group 2) …

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

BACKGROUND: Extubation readiness testing (ERT) is often performed in children with
congenital heart disease prior to liberation from mechanical ventilation. The ideal ERT …

Background Paediatric critical care practitioners often make use of pressure support (PS) to
overcome the perceived imposed work of breathing (WOBimp) during an extubation …

Context: There is absence of evidence-based guidelines to determine extubation readiness
in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). Objective: Evaluate our practice of determining …