PURPOSE: The objective of this study is to record intensivists' beliefs on indications and modalities of ventilatory support in critically ill @entity1 with @entity326 . METHODS: The instrument is a 23-items questionnaire, sent to all members of the @entity32 and Sepsis section of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine. RESULTS: A total of 186 intensivists from 30 countries completed the survey. For 95% of respondents, intubation should be performed in @entity1 with neurologic or @entity1576 . There was much less consensus about cardiovascular failure as a reason for initiation of invasive mechanical ventilation. Among the 7 hemodynamic criteria proposed, none achieved strong agreement. Among @entity1576 , @entity519 , signs of @entity649 , and @entity848 were the most strongly associated with the will to intubate. Among neurologic criteria, a Glasgow score lower than 8 was strongly associated with the will to intubate. Strikingly, 51% of respondents believed that invasive mechanical ventilation would worsen @entity1 with @entity326 , mainly through hemodynamic deterioration (70.4%). CONCLUSIONS: This survey highlights the general belief that invasive mechanical ventilation may worsen hemodynamic status in @entity1 with @entity326 . There was general agreement with the mandatory need to initiate mechanical ventilation in @entity1 with @entity1576 and @entity772 , but with little respect to hemodynamic criteria.

Criteria for initiation of invasive ventilation in XXXX : An international survey.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity32 :: ('MESH:D007249', 'Disease') :: ['Systemic Inflammation'] @entity326 :: ('MESH:D012772', 'Disease') :: ['septic shock'] @entity649 :: ('MESH:D012128', 'Disease') :: ['respiratory distress'] @entity772 :: ('MESH:D003128', 'Disease') :: ['coma'] @entity519 :: ('MESH:D000860', 'Disease') :: ['hypoxemia'] @entity1576 :: ('MESH:D012131', 'Disease') :: ['respiratory failure', 'respiratory criteria'] @entity848 :: ('MESH:D003490', 'Disease') :: ['cyanosis']
@entity326 :: (MESH:D012772,Disease) :: ['septic shock']
