What is the optimal rate of failed extubation?

Zurück zum Zitat 1. Peñuelas O, Frutos-Vivar F, Fernández C, Anzueto A, Epstein SK, Apezteguía C, González M, Nin N, Raymondos K, Tomicic V, Desmery P, Arabi Y, Pelosi P, Kuiper M, Jibaja M, Matamis D, Ferguson ND, Esteban A; Ventila Group: Characteristics and outcomes of ventilated patients according to time to liberation from mechanical ventilation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011, 184: 430-437.2. Cheng KC, Chen CM, Tan CK, Chen HM, Lu CL, Zhang H: Methylprednisolone reduces the rates of postextubation stridor and reintubation associated with attenuated cytokine responses in critically ill patients. Minerva Anestesiol 2011, 77: 503-509.3. Khilnani GC, Galle AD, Hadda V, Sharma SK: Non-invasive ventilation after extubation in patients with chronic obstructive airways disease: a randomised controlled trial. Anaesth Intensive Care 2011, 39: 217-223.4. Stamou SC, Nussbaum M, Carew JD, Dunn K, Skipper E, Robicsek F, Lobdell KW: Hypoglycemia with intensive insulin therapy after cardiac surgery: predisposing factors and association with mortality. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011, 142: 166-173.5. Sellares J, Ferrer M, Cano E, Loureiro H, Valencia M, Torres A: Predictors of prolonged weaning and survival during ventilator weaning in a respiratory ICU. Intensive Care Med 2011, 37: 775-784.6. Cata JP, Saager L, Kurz A, Avitsian R: Successful extubation in the operating room after infratentorial craniotomy: the Cleveland Clinic experience. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2011, 23: 25-29.7. Ried M, Unger P, Puehler T, Haneya A, Schmid C, Diez C: Mild-to-moderate COPD as a risk factor for increased 30-day mortality in cardiac surgery. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010, 58: 387-391.8. Narita M, Tanizawa K, Chin K, Ikai I, Handa T, Oga T, Niimi A, Tsuboi T, Mishima M, Uemoto S, Hatano E: Noninvasive ventilation improves the outcome of pulmonary complications after liver resection. Intern Med 2010, 49: 1501-1507.9. González M, Arroliga AC, Frutos-Vivar F, Raymondos K, Esteban A, Putensen C, Apezteguía C, Hurtado J, Desmery P, Tomicic V, Elizalde J, Abroug F, Arabi Y, Moreno R, Anzueto A, Ferguson ND: Airway pressure release ventilation versus assist-control ventilation: a comparative propensity score and international cohort study. Intensive Care Med 2010, 36: 817-827.10. Faisy C, Mokline A, Sanchez O, Tadié JM, Fagon JY: Effectiveness of acetazolamide for reversal of metabolic alkalosis in weaning COPD patients from mechanical ventilation. Intensive Care Med 2010, 36: 859-863.11. Ksouri H, Balanant PY, Tadié JM, Heraud G, Abboud I, Lerolle N, Novara A, Fagon JY, Faisy C: Impact of morbidity and mortality conferences on analysis of mortality and critical events in intensive care practice. Am J Crit Care 2010, 19: 135-145; quiz 146.12. See KC, Phua J, Mukhopadhyay A: Monitoring of extubated patients: are routine arterial blood gas measurements useful and how long should patients be monitored in the intensive care unit? Anaesth Intensive Care 2010, 38: 96-101.13. Tong BC, Hanna J, Toloza EM, Onaitis MW, D'Amico TA, Harpole DH, Burfeind WR: Outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic decortication. Ann Thorac Surg 2010, 89: 220-225.14. Bach JR, Gonçalves MR, Hamdani I, Winck JC: Extubation of patients with neuromuscular weakness: a new management paradigm. Chest 2010, 137: 1033-1039.15. Aggarwal AN, Agarwal R, Gupta D: Automatic tube compensation as an adjunct for weaning in patients with severe neuroparalytic snake envenomation requiring mechanical ventilation: a pilot randomized study. Respir Care 2009, 54:1697-1702.16. Nagai S, Fujimoto Y, Kamei H, Nakamura T, Kiuchi T: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation to prevent respiratory collapse after extubation: clinical case reports. Transplant Proc 2009, 41: 3919-3922.17. Talab HF, Zabani IA, Abdelrahman HS, Bukhari WL, Mamoun I, Ashour MA, Sadeq BB, El Sayed SI: Intraoperative ventilatory strategies for prevention of pulmonary atelectasis in obese patients undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery. Anesth Analg 2009, 109: 1511-1516.18. Teixeira C, da Silva NB, Savi A, Vieira SR, Nasi LA, Friedman G, Oliveira RP, Cremonese RV, Tonietto TF, Bressel MA, Maccari JG, Wickert R, Borges LG: Central venous saturation is a predictor of reintubation in difficult-to-wean patients. Crit Care Med 2010, 38: 491-496.19. 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Peñuelas O, Frutos-Vivar F, Fernández C, Anzueto A, Epstein SK, Apezteguía C, González M, Nin N, Raymondos K, Tomicic V, Desmery P, Arabi Y, Pelosi P, Kuiper M, Jibaja M, Matamis D, Ferguson ND, Esteban A; Ventila Group: Characteristics and outcomes of ventilated patients according to time to liberation from mechanical ventilation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2011, 184: 430-437.2. Cheng KC, Chen CM, Tan CK, Chen HM, Lu CL, Zhang H: Methylprednisolone reduces the rates of postextubation stridor and reintubation associated with attenuated cytokine responses in critically ill patients. Minerva Anestesiol 2011, 77: 503-509.3. Khilnani GC, Galle AD, Hadda V, Sharma SK: Non-invasive ventilation after extubation in patients with chronic obstructive airways disease: a randomised controlled trial. Anaesth Intensive Care 2011, 39: 217-223.4. Stamou SC, Nussbaum M, Carew JD, Dunn K, Skipper E, Robicsek F, Lobdell KW: Hypoglycemia with intensive insulin therapy after cardiac surgery: predisposing factors and association with mortality. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2011, 142: 166-173.5. Sellares J, Ferrer M, Cano E, Loureiro H, Valencia M, Torres A: Predictors of prolonged weaning and survival during ventilator weaning in a respiratory ICU. Intensive Care Med 2011, 37: 775-784.6. Cata JP, Saager L, Kurz A, Avitsian R: Successful extubation in the operating room after infratentorial craniotomy: the Cleveland Clinic experience. J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 2011, 23: 25-29.7. Ried M, Unger P, Puehler T, Haneya A, Schmid C, Diez C: Mild-to-moderate COPD as a risk factor for increased 30-day mortality in cardiac surgery. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2010, 58: 387-391.8. Narita M, Tanizawa K, Chin K, Ikai I, Handa T, Oga T, Niimi A, Tsuboi T, Mishima M, Uemoto S, Hatano E: Noninvasive ventilation improves the outcome of pulmonary complications after liver resection. Intern Med 2010, 49: 1501-1507.9. González M, Arroliga AC, Frutos-Vivar F, Raymondos K, Esteban A, Putensen C, Apezteguía C, Hurtado J, Desmery P, Tomicic V, Elizalde J, Abroug F, Arabi Y, Moreno R, Anzueto A, Ferguson ND: Airway pressure release ventilation versus assist-control ventilation: a comparative propensity score and international cohort study. Intensive Care Med 2010, 36: 817-827.10. Faisy C, Mokline A, Sanchez O, Tadié JM, Fagon JY: Effectiveness of acetazolamide for reversal of metabolic alkalosis in weaning COPD patients from mechanical ventilation. Intensive Care Med 2010, 36: 859-863.11. Ksouri H, Balanant PY, Tadié JM, Heraud G, Abboud I, Lerolle N, Novara A, Fagon JY, Faisy C: Impact of morbidity and mortality conferences on analysis of mortality and critical events in intensive care practice. Am J Crit Care 2010, 19: 135-145; quiz 146.12. See KC, Phua J, Mukhopadhyay A: Monitoring of extubated patients: are routine arterial blood gas measurements useful and how long should patients be monitored in the intensive care unit? Anaesth Intensive Care 2010, 38: 96-101.13. Tong BC, Hanna J, Toloza EM, Onaitis MW, D'Amico TA, Harpole DH, Burfeind WR: Outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic decortication. Ann Thorac Surg 2010, 89: 220-225.14. Bach JR, Gonçalves MR, Hamdani I, Winck JC: Extubation of patients with neuromuscular weakness: a new management paradigm. Chest 2010, 137: 1033-1039.15. Aggarwal AN, Agarwal R, Gupta D: Automatic tube compensation as an adjunct for weaning in patients with severe neuroparalytic snake envenomation requiring mechanical ventilation: a pilot randomized study. Respir Care 2009, 54:1697-1702.16. Nagai S, Fujimoto Y, Kamei H, Nakamura T, Kiuchi T: Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation to prevent respiratory collapse after extubation: clinical case reports. Transplant Proc 2009, 41: 3919-3922.17. Talab HF, Zabani IA, Abdelrahman HS, Bukhari WL, Mamoun I, Ashour MA, Sadeq BB, El Sayed SI: Intraoperative ventilatory strategies for prevention of pulmonary atelectasis in obese patients undergoing laparoscopic bariatric surgery. Anesth Analg 2009, 109: 1511-1516.18. Teixeira C, da Silva NB, Savi A, Vieira SR, Nasi LA, Friedman G, Oliveira RP, Cremonese RV, Tonietto TF, Bressel MA, Maccari JG, Wickert R, Borges LG: Central venous saturation is a predictor of reintubation in difficult-to-wean patients. Crit Care Med 2010, 38: 491-496.19. Gao XJ, Qin YZ: A study of cough peak expiratory flow in predicting extubation outcome. Zhongguo Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue 2009, 21: 390-393.20. Cohen J, Shapiro M, Grozovski E, Fox B, Lev S, Singer P: Prediction of extubation outcome: a randomised, controlled trial with automatic tube compensation vs. pressure support ventilation. Crit Care 2009, 13: R21.21. Peirovifar A, Mahmoodpoor A, Naderpoor M, Agamohammadi D: A prospective study of the safety of tracheal extubation using endotracheal ventilation catheter in patients undergoing maxillofacial surgery. Saudi Med J 2009, 30: 219-223.22. Taniguchi C, Eid RC, Saghabi C, Souza R, Silva E, Knobel E, Paes AT, Barbas CS: Automatic versus manual pressure support reduction in the weaning of post-operative patients: a randomised controlled trial. Crit Care 2009, 13: R6.23. Michelet P, D'Journo XB, Seinaye F, Forel JM, Papazian L, Thomas P: Non-invasive ventilation for treatment of postoperative respiratory failure after oesophagectomy. 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