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  • Respiratory Therapy
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines

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  • Patient-ventilator assessments are crucial for safe and effective mechanical ventilation.
  • Existing guidelines lack comprehensive, evidence-based recommendations for these assessments.
  • The Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) methodology was employed to address this gap.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop evidence-based recommendations for essential patient-ventilator assessments.
  • To guide respiratory therapists and clinicians in optimizing mechanical ventilation.
  • To improve patient outcomes and reduce ventilator-associated complications.

Main Methods:

  • A team of respiratory therapists and a librarian utilized the GRADE methodology.
  • Systematic review and synthesis of evidence to formulate recommendations.
  • Categorization of recommendations based on strength and certainty of evidence.

Main Results:

  • Strong recommendations with high certainty for assessing plateau pressure, tidal volume (4-8 mL/kg/PBW), PEEP/auto-PEEP, and artificial airway cuff pressure.
  • Conditional recommendations with varying certainty for assessing driving pressure, FiO2, humidification, and skin/dressing integrity.
  • Recommendations also address telemonitoring versus direct bedside assessment and airway securement.

Conclusions:

  • The developed recommendations provide a framework for standardized and effective patient-ventilator assessments.
  • Implementing these guidelines can enhance lung-protective strategies and patient safety.
  • Further research may be needed to strengthen recommendations with lower certainty levels.