Burns, Karen E. A.
Sadeghirad, Behnam
Ghadimi, Maryam
Khan, Jeena
Phoophiboon, Vorakamol
Trivedi, Vatsal
Gomez Builes, Carolina
Giammarioli, Benedetta
Lewis, Kimberley
Chaudhuri, Dipayan
Desai, Kairavi
Friedrich, Jan O.
Article History
Received: 31 March 2024
Accepted: 17 May 2024
First Online: 8 June 2024
Declarations
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: Dr. Burns received CIHR funding to conduct a randomized, factorial design trial comparing screening frequency and SBT techniques. The trial is complete and the data are currently undergoing analyses. This trial would be excluded from this meta-analysis as it included SBTs as part of a weaning strategy. Dr. Burns holds a Physician Services Incorporated – Mid-Career Research Award. All other authors report no financial or non-financial conflicts of interest to declare.
: Given the nature of the study no individual patient level data were used. All data were obtained from published clinical trials. No ethics approval was obtained.
: KEAB, JOF and BS had full access to all the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. The corresponding author (KB) attests that all listed authors met authorship criteria and that no others meeting the criteria have been omitted.