Readiness Assessment for Extubation Planning in the Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Initiative

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Extubation failure (EF) is the reintubation of patients meeting criteria for weaning from mechanical ventilation. Failure is correlated mortality, prolonged mechanical ventilation and longer stays in the hospital and intensive care unit. Noninvasive ventilation or high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy has shown to prevent EF in high-risk patients. This quality improvement initiative assessed readiness for extubation planning by integrating an evidence-based extubation failure risk assessment (EFRA) into routine patient care to identify high-risk patients and determining practice compliance. Despite identifying patients considered high risk, there was no statistically significant correlation with previously identified risk factors and EF.

Objectives

Identify extubation failure and describe its effects on patient’s outcomes.
Describe current treatment options available for the prevention of extubation failure.
Evaluate the need for routine measurement of extubation failure within the inpatient setting and potential areas of further study.

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