Pressure support and positive end-expiratory pressure versus T-piece during spontaneous breathing trial in difficult weaning from mechanical ventilation: study protocol for the SBT-ICU study

Abstract Background Spontaneous breathing trials are performed in critically ill intubated patients in order to assess readiness to be weaned from mechanical ventilation. In patients with difficult weaning (i.e. not extubated after their first SBT), performing SBT using pressure support with or with...

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Main Authors: Mehdi Mezidi, Hodane Yonis, Louis Chauvelot, William Danjou, François Dhelft, Alwin Bazzani, Mehdi Girard, Laurent Bitker, Jean-Christophe Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-12-01
Series:Trials
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06896-4