Spontaneous Breathing and Imposed Work During Pediatric Mechanical Ventilation: A Bench Study*

Conclusions: Calculated imposed work of breathing were not different across the range of endotracheal tube sizes. The low imposed work of breathing values found in this study might be appreciated as clinically irrelevant. Our findings add to the change in reasoning that it is appropriate to perform spontaneous breathing trials without pressure support. Nonetheless, our findings on the measured imposed work of breathing values need to be confirmed in a clinical study.
Source: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Category: Pediatrics Tags: Online Laboratory Investigations Source Type: research