Pediatr Crit Care Me
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Oct 2017
An Interprofessional Quality Improvement Initiative to Standardize Pediatric Extubation Readiness Assessment.
Establishing protocols to wean mechanical ventilation and assess readiness for extubation, with the goal of minimizing morbidity associated with extubation failure and prolonged mechanical ventilation, have become increasingly important in contemporary PICUs. The aim of this quality improvement initiative is to establish a respiratory therapist-led daily spontaneous breathing trial protocol to standardize extubation readiness assessment and documentation in our PICU. ⋯ An interprofessionally developed respiratory therapist-led extubation readiness protocol can be successfully implemented in a busy tertiary care PICU without adverse events.
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Pediatr Crit Care Me · Oct 2017
Editorial CommentPredicting Risk of Bleeding in Critically Ill Children.