A prospective study of indexes predicting the outcome of trials of weaning from mechanical ventilation

Abstract Background. The traditional predictors of the outcome of weaning from mechanical ventilation — minute ventilation (VE) and maximal inspiratory pressure (P1max) — are frequently inaccurate. We developed two new indexes: the first quantitates rapid shallow breathing as the ratio of respiratory frequency to tidal volume (f/VT), and the second is termed CROP, because it integrates thoracic compliance, respiratory ṟate, arterial oxygenation, and P1max. Methods. The threshold values for each index that discriminated best between a successful and an unsuccessful outcome of weaning were determined in 36 patients, and the predictive accuracy of these values was then tested prospectively in an additional 64 patients. Sensitivity and specificity were calculated, and the data were also analyzed with receiver-operating-characteristic (ROC) curves, in which the proportions of true positive results and false positive results are plotted against each other for a number of threshold values of an index; the area...

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