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Filter by:Prospective observationnal study, including ICU adult patients with invasive mechanical ventilation for at least 48 hours. Patients are included when performing weaning from mechanical ventilation with pressure support (lowest level of pressure support). Before separating the patient from the ventilator and performing a T tube spontaneous breathing test, diaphragm ultrasound is performed bilaterally : diaphragm excursion, diaphragm thickening fraction and maximal contraction and relaxation velocities with tissue doppler imaging.
Several studies investigated the role of specific clinical predictors of weaning success, but it is determined by a combination of different aspects that can result in success or failure. Indeed, unresolved lung disease, cardiac dysfunction, loss of respiratory and core muscle strength can play a role in a failure weaning to mechanical ventilation (MV). The investigators hypothesized that a combined score that include heart, lung, and respiratory muscle ultrasound (US) evaluation could be able to predict the ability of weaning success. Furthermore, it will be described weather the days of MV before weaning trial may affect the relevance of each clinical variable evaluated.
Extubation is a crucial step when patients are being weaned from mechanical ventilator support. Indeed, the patient has to face an increasing burden imposed to the ventilation system. The ability to overcome this event will determine the patient survival. A warning signal could be very useful is this situation. 2 recent studies have shown that measuring diaphragmatic cupolas and muscular fibers thickening fraction could help to spot a population with a high risk of "diaphragmatic weakness", characterized by a high failure extubation rate. This study aims to verify that this kind of group of patients does exist.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether introducing the new weaning indexes can predict better than traditional ones?