Evaluation of a Systematic Approach to Weaning From Mechanical Ventilation

Federal University of Uberlandia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Weaning Failure; Complication of Respirator [Ventilator]

Treatments: Other: Multidisciplinary weaning-ventilator protocol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01482429

Desmame

Details and patient eligibility

About

Prolongation of mechanical ventilation poses serious personal and financial threats to healthcare consumers.

The investigators objectives are create and implement an multidisciplinary evidenced-based ventilator-weaning protocol to assess whether a systematic approach compared with the physician's judgment only decreases time spent on the ventilator, complications of mechanical ventilation and length of stay in critical care unit.

Enrollment: 235 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• remain in mechanical ventilation for more than 24 hours
• begin weaning from mechanical ventilation

Exclusion criteria

• admitted in the unit already in weaning from mechanical ventilation

Trial design

235 participants in 2 patient groups

Protocol-directed

Experimental group

Description:

Discontinuation of ventilation was based in multidisciplinary protocol.

Treatment:

Other: Multidisciplinary weaning-ventilator protocol

Usual care

No Intervention group

Description:

Discontinuation of ventilation was left entirely to the discretion of the physicians.