You Are the Respiratory Therapist Managing an Adult Male Patient

You are the respiratory therapist managing an adult male patient receiving mechanical ventilation as a result of hypoxemic respiratory failure. The patient has a pressure time index of 0.16, and rapid shallow breath index of 95, and the cuff-leak test demonstrated the patient could breathe when it was deflated. What would your recommendations to the physician be regarding weaning this patient based on this data?

A) Do not attempt to wean.
B) Attempt to wean.
C) Reattempt a spontaneous breathing trial to see if RSBI improves before weaning.
D) Cannot determine.