Charlene P Pringle, Stephanie L Filipp, Wynne E Morrison, Nina A Fainberg, Melissa D Aczon, Michael Avesar, Kimberly F Burkiewicz, Harsha K Chandnani, Stephanie C Hsu, Eugene Laksana, David R Ledbetter, Michael C McCrory, Katie R Morrow, Anna E Noguchi, Caitlin E O'Brien, Apoorva Ojha, Patrick A Ross, Sareen Shah, Jui K Shah, Linda B Siegel, Sandeep Tripathi, Randall C Wetzel, Alice X Zhou, Meredith C Winter
OBJECTIVE: Terminal extubation (TE) and terminal weaning (TW) during withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies (WLSTs) have been described and defined in adults. The recent Death One Hour After Terminal Extubation study aimed to validate a model developed to predict whether a child would die within 1 hour after discontinuation of mechanical ventilation for WLST. Although TW has not been described in children, pre-extubation weaning has been known to occur before WLST, though to what extent is unknown...
October 27, 2023: Critical Care Medicine