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Effectiveness of Adaptive Support Ventilation in Facilitating Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation in Postoperative
Yu-Chi Tsai1, Hong-Jie Jhou2, Chih-Wei Huang3
1Division of Traumatology, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan; Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan.
Objective:
This meta-analysis aims to evaluate the effectiveness of adaptive support ventilation (ASV) in facilitating postoperative weaning from mechanical ventilation in cardiac surgery patients.
Design:
A systematic review and meta-analysis to assess ASV in weaning postoperative cardiac surgery patients. Outcomes included early extubation, reintubation rates, time to extubation, and lengths of intensive care units and hospital stays.
Setting:
We searched electronic databases from inception to March 2023 and included randomized controlled trials that compared ASV with conventional ventilation methods in this population.
Participants:
Postoperative cardiac surgery patients.
Measurements And Main Results:
A random effects model was used for meta-analysis, and trial sequential analysis (TSA) was conducted to assess result robustness. The meta-analysis included 11 randomized controlled trials with a total of 1027 randomized patients. ASV was associated with a shorter time to extubation compared to conventional ventilation (random effects, mean difference -68.30 hours; 95% confidence interval, -115.50 to -21.09) with TSA providing a conclusive finding. While ASV indicated improved early extubation rates, no significant differences were found in reintubation rates or lengths of intensive care unit and hospital stays, with these TSA results being inclusive.
Conclusions:
ASV appears to facilitate a shorter time to extubation in postoperative cardiac surgery patients compared to conventional ventilation, suggesting benefits in accelerating the weaning process and reducing mechanical ventilation duration.
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