ArticleIndian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine2023
Prediction of Weaning Outcome from Mechanical Ventilation Using Ultrasound Assessment of Parasternal Intercostal Muscle Thickness.
Article in Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Nurse-led weaning protocols-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Role of ventilator and ultrasound parameters in predicting extubation success.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Letter to the Editor: In Response to the Retraction Notice of an Article.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024Article
- Predictors of weaning failure in ventilated intensive care patients: a systematic evidence map.Critical care (London, England) · 2024Review
- Parasternal Intercostal Muscle Thickness Fraction (PICTF%): Ultrasound a New Tool for Weaning Prediction?Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2024Article
- Wean to Win.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2023Article
Corrections and comments
- Retraction · 2024-05-24Date of Article and/or Notice Unknown · Error in Data · Euphemisms for Plagiarism · Investigation by Third Party · Plagiarism of/in Article · Taken from Dissertation/Thesis · · date of retraction unknown, date estimated from notifications; notice reason for retraction was updated from error to plagiarism, January 23, 2025;
- Retracted
Authors and funding
7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Background: Monitoring the function of parasternal intercostal muscles provides information on respiratory load and capacity and thus can be a weaning monitoring tool. Objective: The goal was to study the diagnostic accuracy of parasternal intercostal muscle thickness fraction (PICTF%) as a predictor of weaning. Materials and methods: A prospective observational study on consecutively admitted patients who were intubated and mechanically ventilated for a duration of at least 48 hours was carried out. When an SBT was planned by the treating physician, the study examiner performed the ultrasound measurements of parasternal intercostal muscle thickness (inspiration and expiration) and thickening fraction using M-mode ultrasonography (USG). The PICTF% was calculated as "(peak inspiratory thickness - end-expiratory thickness)/end-expiratory thickness) × 100." Weaning failure was defined if the patient had a failed spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) or the need for a reintubation within 48 hours following extubation. The SBT failure was defined as the need to connect the patient back to the ventilator prior to its completion due to any reason as decided by the clinician. Results: Of 81 screened patients, 60 patients met the inclusion criteria, of whom 49 patients had successful SBT, and 48 patients could be successfully extubated. The PMTF% cut-off value more than or equal to 15.38% was associated with the best sensitivity (75%) and specificity (87.8%) in predicting extubation failure. Conclusion: The PICTF% has a good diagnostic accuracy in predicting weaning failure. How to cite this article: Ramaswamy A, Kumar R, Arul M, Ish P, Madan M, Gupta NK,
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.