Effects of extubation readiness test protocol at a tertiary outborn neonatal intensive care unit.

What is it about?

Extubation readiness testing (ERT) is variable and lacks a standard testing protocol in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This article focuses on addressing this gap by implementing an evidence-based interprofessionally developed ERT protocol in order to assess its effectiveness on extubation failure within a 72 hr time frame and on the duration of intubation (DOI).

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Why is it important?

Our findings showed that a two-stage 10-minute extubation readiness protocol was effective at reducing extubation failure without increasing the duration of intubation, especially in preterm infants. It was concluded that the implementation of the evidence-based interprofessionally developed ERT protocol contributed to these findings in the NICU.