In general consideration, our study provided evidence that weaning with proportional assist ventilation has a high probability of being the most effective ventilation mode for patients with mechanical ventilation regarding a higher rate of weaning success, a lower proportion requiring reintubation, and a lower mortality rate than other ventilation modes.

Thirty-nine randomized controlled trials including 5,953 patients met inclusion criteria.

SmartCare and proportional assist ventilation were found to be effective methods in increasing weaning success.

Besides, proportional assist ventilation had superior in reducing proportion requiring re-intubation rate and mortality than others.

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