From: Comparison between pressure support ventilation and T-piece in spontaneous breathing trials
T-piece group (n = 375) | PSV group (n = 260) | p-value | |
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Successful weaning | 332 (88.5) | 231 (88.9) | 0.903 |
Duration from 1st SBT to final liberation from MV, days | 0 (0–1) | 0 (0–0) | 0.005 |
WIND classification | |||
Short weaning | 250 (66.7) | 199 (76.5) | 0.007 |
Difficult weaning | 77 (20.5) | 25 (9.6) | < 0.001 |
Prolonged weaning | 48 (12.8) | 36 (13.9) | 0.702 |
Duration of weaning process, days | 0 (0–4) | 0 (0–3) | 0.022 |
Reintubation | |||
Within 2 days | 59 (16.5) | 41 (16.5) | 0.996 |
Within 3 days | 60 (16.8) | 44 (17.7) | 0.770 |
Within 7 days | 61 (17.0) | 45 (18.1) | 0.742 |
Overall | 62 (17.3) | 45 (18.1) | 0.811 |
Tracheostomy | 53 (14.1) | 42 (16.2) | 0.483 |
Mortality | |||
Intensive care unit | 35 (9.3) | 24 (9.2) | 0.965 |
Hospital | 104 (27.7) | 55 (31.4) | 0.373 |
Length of stay | |||
Intensive care unit, days | 8 (6–11) | 8 (5–12) | 0.828 |
Hospital, days | 25 (15–45) | 25 (14–42) | 0.816 |