ArticleAnnals of intensive care2019
The effect of pressure support on imposed work of breathing during paediatric extubation readiness testing.
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- Ventilation-Weaning Protocols in Children Admitted to Pediatric Intensive Care Units: Systematic Review of Randomized Trials.Pediatric pulmonology · 2025Pooled it
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- Executive Summary: International Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pediatric Ventilator Liberation, A Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network Document.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of pediatric ventilation weaning technique on work of breathing.Respiratory research · 2022Trial
- Postextubation Noninvasive Respiratory Support in Children.Respiratory care · 2025Review
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- Factors Associated With Successful Extubation Readiness Testing in Children With Congenital Heart Disease.Respiratory care · 2024Article
- Pressure support versus continuous positive airway pressure for predicting successful liberation from invasive ventilation in children: an open label, randomized non-inferiority trial.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2023Article
- Reply to HavanAmerican journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2023Article
- Fitness checklist model for spontaneous breathing tests in pediatrics.Critical care science · 2023Article
- Association Between Pressure Support During Extubation Readiness Testing and Time to First Extubation in Children With Congenital Heart Disease.Respiratory care · 2023Article
- The Ideal Extubation Readiness Testing for the Pediatric Patient: Is There One?Respiratory care · 2023Article
- Gasping at Straws: Role of Pressure Support During Spontaneous Breathing Trials in Children.Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundPaediatric critical care practitioners often make use of pressure support (PS) to overcome the perceived imposed work of breathing (WOBimp) during an extubation readiness test (ERT). However, no paediatric data are available that shows the necessity of adding of pressure support during such tests. We sought to measure the WOBimp during an ERT with and without added pressure support and to study its clinical correlate. This was a prospective study in spontaneously breathing ventilated children < 18 years undergoing ERT. Using tracheal manometry, WOBimp was calculated by integrating the difference between positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and tracheal pressure (Ptrach) over the measured expiratory tidal volume (VTe) under two paired conditions: continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) with and without PS. Patients with post-extubation upper airway obstruction were excluded.
resultsA total of 112 patients were studied. Median PS during the ERT was 10 cmH
conclusionsWithholding PS during ERT does not lead to clinically relevant increases in WOBimp, irrespective of endotracheal tube size.
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