RCT | Spontaneous-breathing trials performed with pressure-support ventilation are no better than trials using a T-piece.

Spontaneous-Breathing Trials with Pressure-Support Ventilation or a T-Piece – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

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Among patients with a high risk of reintubation, spontaneous-breathing trials performed with pressure-support ventilation did not result in significantly fewer ventilator-free days at day 28 than T-piece trials. #LIVES2022 https://t.co/kqSDe3X89v pic.twitter.com/dCcPxdCWmJ

— NEJM (@NEJM) October 26, 2022