TY - JOUR
T1 - Retrospective service evaluation of a specialist weaning unit
AU - Finnerty, John
AU - Gill, Sonya E.
AU - Alcock, Emily
AU - Johnson, Eleanor
AU - Flowers, Emma
AU - Price, Jemma
AU - Bentley, Andrew
AU - Felton, Tim
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Intensive Care Society 2024.
PY - 2024/8
Y1 - 2024/8
N2 - Specialist weaning units (SWUs) aim to liberate patients with complex weaning failure from mechanical ventilation and facilitate their discharge from the ICU. This retrospective service evaluation reports the outcomes of a SWU at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester between 2017 and 2019. In total, 75.0% (n = 33/44) of patients survived to hospital discharge. Of these patients, 72.7% (n = 24/33) were self-ventilating. Overall, 1-year survival was 68.2% (n = 30/44), whilst 5-year survival was 52.3% (n = 23/44). Whilst this study is relatively small, these findings are encouraging and further support the case for SWUs.
AB - Specialist weaning units (SWUs) aim to liberate patients with complex weaning failure from mechanical ventilation and facilitate their discharge from the ICU. This retrospective service evaluation reports the outcomes of a SWU at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester between 2017 and 2019. In total, 75.0% (n = 33/44) of patients survived to hospital discharge. Of these patients, 72.7% (n = 24/33) were self-ventilating. Overall, 1-year survival was 68.2% (n = 30/44), whilst 5-year survival was 52.3% (n = 23/44). Whilst this study is relatively small, these findings are encouraging and further support the case for SWUs.
KW - complex ventilation service
KW - complex weaning failure
KW - invasive mechanical ventilation
KW - Specialised weaning unit
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85195269492&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/17511437241257117
DO - 10.1177/17511437241257117
M3 - Letter
AN - SCOPUS:85195269492
SN - 1751-1437
VL - 25
SP - 350
EP - 352
JO - Journal of the Intensive Care Society
JF - Journal of the Intensive Care Society
IS - 3
ER -