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Table 1 Criteria for initiating SBT

From: Frequent tracheal suctioning is associated with extubation failure in patients with successful spontaneous breathing trial: a single-center retrospective cohort study

(1) Oxygenation

 SpO2 >90% under FIO2≤0.5 and PEEP≤8 cmH2O

(2) Circulation

 No acute myocardial ischemia or serious arrhythmia

 Heart rate <140 bpm

 DOA ≦ 5μg/kg/min, DOB ≦ 5μg/kg/min, NAD ≦ 0.05μg/kg/min

(3) Ventilation

 Tidal volume>5 ml/IBW

 Respiratory minute volume<15 L/min

 Rapid shallow breathing index < 105/min/L

 No respiratory acidosis (pH<7.25)

 Normal breathing pattern

 No respiratory effort

(4) General condition

 No serious electrolyte disorders

 No severe anemia

 No serious fluid overload

  1. SBT spontaneous breathing trial, DOA dopamine, DOB dobutamine, NAD noradrenaline, IBW ideal body weight