A patient with COPD is on a spontaneous breathing protocol. His heart rate is 98 beats /minute, oxygen saturation is 93%, respiratory rate is 32 breaths /minute, and spontaneous tidal volume is 500 ml.
Should the trial be continued at this time?
Ans. - Spontaneous breathing trials assess the patient ability to to breath while minimal or no ventilator support. The collective task force in 2021 stated that the process of SBT and weaning should be started by assessing whether by underlying cause of respiratory Failure has be resolved or not.
So here the patient heart rate is 98 and oxygen saturation is 93% and respiratory rate is 32 so the trial should not continued at this time because tidal volume is normal and breath become normal when stop the trial.
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