Heart Rate, Acidosis, Consciousness, Oxygenation, and Respiratory Rate: A Perfect Weaning Index or Just a New Kid on the Block

Rajesh Kumar Pande; Jitin Sharma

doi:10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24290

Heart Rate, Acidosis, Consciousness, Oxygenation, and Respiratory Rate: A Perfect Weaning Index or Just a New Kid on the Block

Indian J Crit Care Med. 2022 Aug;26(8):887-888. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24290.

Authors

Rajesh Kumar Pande¹, Jitin Sharma¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Critical Care, BLK-MAX Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi, India.

Abstract

Successful weaning is when spontaneous breathing is sustained for more than 48 hours after extubation. Despite a plethora of individual and composite weaning indices being available, most indices have not found much clinical utility, and weaning continues to be largely based on clinical assessment. Heart rate, acidosis, consciousness, oxygenation, and respiratory rate (HACOR) is a new score for prediction of failure of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in hypoxemic patients receiving NIV. The present study explores its utilization in weaning from invasive ventilation.

How to cite this article: Pande RK, Sharma J. Heart Rate, Acidosis, Consciousness, Oxygenation, and Respiratory Rate: A Perfect Weaning Index or Just a New Kid on the Block. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022;26(8):887-888.

Keywords: Difficult weaning; Heart rate; Weaning from mechanical ventilation; Weaning predictors; acidosis; and respiratory rate score; consciousness; oxygenation.

Publication types

Editorial