Airway Extubation

SAN DIEGO — Carrying out extubation readiness assessments twice a day lowered median ICU length of stay, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

Use of CPAP, high-flow nasal cannula or bilevel positive airway pressure lowered odds for extubation failure within 2 to 3 days among critically ill children compared with conventional oxygen therapy, according to data in JAMA Pediatrics.

The odds for death and/or severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia went up in preterm infants who received postnatal dexamethasone after 5 weeks of age vs. at 2 to 3 weeks old, according to results published in European Respiratory Journal.

Noninvasive ventilation after extubation for critically ill patients with obesity led to less instances of treatment failure within 3 days compared with oxygen therapy, according to study results published in Lancet Respiratory Medicine.

Forty percent of children passing at the 30-minute mark of a spontaneous breathing trial to assess extubation readiness failed in the remainder of the trial, according to a study published in CHEST.

Continuing enteral nutrition until extubation may be a safe and better option than fasting, according to study results presented at Society of Critical Care Medicine’s Critical Care Congress and published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.