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Positive end-expiratory pressure versus T-piece. Extubation after mechanical ventilation
Jones DP, Byrne P, Morgan C, Fraser I, Hyland R
Chest 1991 Dec;100(6):1655-1659
clinical trial
4/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: Yes; Baseline comparability: No; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: No; Adequate follow-up: No; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: Yes. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

Because T-piece breathing may impair oxygenation, the best airway pressure from which to extubate ventilated patients is controversial. We compared the effects of extubation after 1 h of either CPAP 5 and T-piece/ZEEP. Once weaned from mechanical ventilation and breathing spontaneously, 106 patients were randomized to 1 h CPAP or 1 h T-piece/ZEEP, following which patients were extubated and mask O2 administered. No significant difference existed between groups in age, sex, HR, BP, FIO2, PaCO2 or PaO2. However, PA-aO2 was significantly greater at 120 min in the CPAP group. Within the CPAP group, PA-aO2 was also significantly worse at 120 versus 0 min. Nineteen T-piece patients showed improved PA-aO2 at 120 min compared with only ten CPAP patients. Three CPAP and two T-piece patients subsequently required reintubation. This study demonstrates that use of a T-piece dose not impair arterial oxygenation and may in fact be superior to direct extubation from CPAP 5.

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