A Respiratory Therapist-Driven Pathway Improves Timeliness of Extubation Readiness Assessment in a Single PICU

Conclusions: A respiratory therapist-driven extubation readiness test pathway can be safely implemented in a large, academic PICU. The pathway resulted in earlier extubation readiness testing without increasing key balancing measures—the duration of mechanical ventilation, PICU length of stay, or the extubation failure rate.
Source: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine - Category: Pediatrics Tags: Online Clinical Investigations Source Type: research