Respiratory failure & ventilation
Occurrence of pendelluft during ventilator weaning with T piece correlated with increased mortality in difficult-to-wean patients
Authors' conclusion
Pendelluft occurred in 70.4% of difficult-to-wean patients undergoing T piece spontaneous breathing. Pendelluft was associated with worse clinical outcomes, including prolonged mechanical ventilation and increased mortality in this population.
Study context
- Population
- Difficult-to-wean patients undergoing spontaneous T piece breathing with electrical impedance tomography (EIT) monitoring
- Participants
- 108 patients
- Exposure
- Pendelluft vs no pendelluft during T piece spontaneous breathing trial (SBT)
- Pendelluftn = 72
- Outcome
- 28-day mortality
- Follow-up
- Day 28
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
P = 0.035
- Presence of pendellfut independently associated with increased mortality at day 28
- OR 10.50 (95% CI 1.21-90.99, p = 0.033)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Mechanical ventilation duration
P = 0.041
Ventilator-free days · day 28
P = 0.043
- Pendelluft occurrence
- 70.4% · 72
Overall mortality by day 28
- Deaths by day 28, all patients
- 16 (14.8%)
Original publication
Occurrence of pendelluft during ventilator weaning with T piece correlated with increased mortality in difficult-to-wean patients. J Intensive Care. Published 24 June 2024. doi:10.
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