• Antoine Roquilly, Raphaël Cinotti, Samir Jaber, Mickael Vourc'h, Florence Pengam, Pierre Joachim Mahe, Karim Lakhal, Dominique Demeure Dit Latte, Nelly Rondeau, Olivier Loutrel, Jérôme Paulus, Bertrand Rozec, Yvonnick Blanloeil, Marie-Anne Vibet, Véronique Sebille, Fanny Feuillet, and Karim Asehnoune.
• 1 Intensive Care Unit, Anesthesia and Critical Care Department, Hôtel Dieu-HME, University Hospital of Nantes, Nantes, France.
• Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med.. 2013 Oct 15;188(8):958-66.

RationaleMechanical ventilation is associated with morbidity in patients with brain injury.ObjectivesThis study aims to assess the effectiveness of an extubation readiness bundle to decrease ventilator time in patients with brain injury.MethodsBefore-after design in two intensive care units (ICUs) in one university hospital. Brain-injured patients ventilated more than 24 hours were evaluated during two phases (a 3-yr control phase followed by a 22-mo intervention phase). Bundle components were protective ventilation, early enteral nutrition, standardization of antibiotherapy for hospital-acquired pneumonia, and systematic approach to extubation. The primary endpoint was the duration of mechanical ventilation.Measurements And Main ResultsA total of 299 and 200 patients, respectively, were analyzed in the control and the intervention phases of this before-after study. The intervention phase was associated with lower tidal volume (P < 0.01), higher positive end-expiratory pressure (P < 0.01), and higher enteral intake in the first 7 days (P = 0.01). The duration of mechanical ventilation was 14.9 ± 11.7 days in the control phase and 12.6 ± 10.3 days in the intervention phase (P = 0.02). The hazard ratio for extubation was 1.28 (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.04-1.57; P = 0.02) in the intervention phase. Adjusted hazard ratio was 1.40 (95% CI, 1.12-1.76; P < 0.01) in multivariate analysis and 1.34 (95% CI, 1.03-1.74; P = 0.02) in propensity score-adjusted analysis. ICU-free days at Day 90 increased from 50 ± 33 in the control phase to 57 ± 29 in the intervention phase (P < 0.01). Mortality at Day 90 was 28.4% in the control phase and 23.5% in the intervention phase (P = 0.22).ConclusionsThe implementation of an evidence-based extubation readiness bundle was associated with a reduction in the duration of ventilation in patients with brain injury.

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