Variables predicting weaning outcome in prolonged mechanically ventilated tracheotomized patients: a retrospective study

Ghiani, Alessandro; Paderewska, Joanna; Sainis, Alexandros; Crispin, Alexander; Walcher, Swenja und Neurohr, Claus (2020): Variables predicting weaning outcome in prolonged mechanically ventilated tracheotomized patients: a retrospective study. In: Journal of Intensive Care 8:19

Abstract

Background: Several studies have assessed predictors of weaning and extubation outcome in short-term mechanically ventilated patients, but there are only few studies on predictors of weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation. Methods: Retrospective, single-center, observational study at a specialized national weaning center in Germany. Patients' medical records were reviewed to obtain data on demographics, comorbidities, respiratory indices, and the result of a prospectively documented, standardized spontaneous breathing trial (SBT) upon admission to the weaning center. Respiratory indices assessed were the ventilatory ratio (VR) and parameters derived from calculated mechanical power (MP). Predictors associated with failure of prolonged weaning and failure of the SBT were assessed using a binary logistic regression model. Results: A total of 263 prolonged mechanically ventilated, tracheotomized patients, treated over a 5-year period were analyzed. After 3 weeks of mechanical ventilation, patients with unsuccessful weaning failed a SBT more frequently and showed significantly increased values for inspiratory positive airway pressure, driving pressure, VR, absolute MP, and MP normalized to predicted body weight and dynamic lung-thorax compliance (LTC-MP). In the logistic regression analyses, variables independently correlated with weaning failure were female gender (adjusted odds ratio 0.532 95% CI 0.291-0.973; p = 0.040), obesity (body mass index ≥ 30 kg/m2) (2.595 1.210-5.562; p = 0.014), COPD (3.209 1.563-6.589; p = 0.002), LTC-MP (3.470 1.067-11.284; p = 0.039), PaCO2 on mechanical ventilation (1.101 95% CI 1.034-1.173; p = 0.003), and failure of the SBT (4.702 2.250-9.825; p < 0.001). In addition, female gender (0.401 0.216-0.745; p = 0.004), LTC-MP (3.017 1.027-8.862; p = 0.046), and PaCO2 on mechanical ventilation (1.157 1.083-1.235; p < 0.001) were independent risk factors for an unsuccessful SBT. Conclusions In the present study, the derived predictors of weaning point to a crucial role of the workload imposed on respiratory muscles during spontaneous breathing. Mechanical power normalized to lung-thorax compliance was independently correlated with weaning outcome and may identify patients at high risk for weaning failure.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Medizin > Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie
• Themengebiete: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin und Gesundheit
• ISSN: 2052-0492
• Sprache: Englisch