Open AccessRole of diaphragm ultrasound in weaning mechanically ventilated patients: A prospective observational study
Author(s) -
R Saravanan,
Krishnamurthy Nivedita,
Krishnamoorthy Karthik,
Rajagopalan Venkatraman
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/ija.ija_229_22
Subject(s) - medicine , spontaneous breathing trial , mechanical ventilation , receiver operating characteristic , weaning , diaphragm (acoustics) , prospective cohort study , ultrasound , youden's j statistic , area under the curve , anesthesia , surgery , radiology , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker
Weaning from mechanical ventilation based on clinical parameters and rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI) is associated with a higher weaning failure. Bedside ultrasound of the diaphragm is gaining popularity to assess the diaphragm function. The aim of our study was to determine the use of diaphragm ultrasound in weaning ventilated patients.