Terminal Weaning or Immediate Extubation for Withdrawing Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Patients (the ARREVE Observational Study)
Résumé
PURPOSE: The relative merits of immediate extubation versus terminal weaning for mechanical ventilation withdrawal are controversial, particularly regarding the experience of patients and relatives. METHODS: This prospective observational multicentre study (ARREVE) was done in 43 French ICUs to compare terminal weaning and immediate extubation, as chosen by the ICU team. Terminal weaning was a gradual decrease in the amount of ventilatory assistance and immediate extubation was extubation without any previous decrease in ventilatory assistance. The primary outcome was posttraumatic stress symptoms (Impact of Event Scale Revised, IES-R) in relatives 3~months after the death. Secondary outcomes were complicated grief, anxiety, and depression symptoms in relatives; comfort of patients during the dying process; and job strain in staff. RESULTS: We enrolled 212 (85.5%) relatives of 248 patients with terminal weaning and 190 relatives (90.5%) of 210 patients with immediate extubation. Immediate extubation was associated with airway obstruction and a higher mean Behavioural Pain Scale score compared to terminal weaning. In relatives, IES-R scores after 3~months were not significantly different between groups (31.9~±~18.1 versus 30.5~±~16.2, respectively; adjusted difference, -1.9; 95% confidence interval, -5.9 to 2.1; p~=~0.36); neither were there any differences in complicated grief, anxiety, or depression scores. Assistant nurses had lower job strain scores in the immediate extubation group. CONCLUSIONS: Compared to terminal weaning, immediate extubation was not associated with differences in psychological welfare of relatives when each method constituted standard practice in the ICU where it was applied. Patients had more airway obstruction and gasps with immediate extubation. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01818895.
Mots clés
Airway Extubation
Anxiety
Chi-Square Distribution
Critical care
Critical Illness
Depression
Ethics
Family
Female
Grief
Humans
Immediate extubation
Intensive Care Units
Length of Stay
Male
Mechanical ventilation
Middle Aged
Personnel
Hospital
Prospective Studies
Stress Disorders
Post-Traumatic
Terminal weaning
Time Factors
Treatment limitation
Ventilator Weaning
Adult
Aged
80 and over