3.8 Discharge criteria
In line with national guidelines [1], the discharge criteria adopted by interviewed physicians were: improvement in clinical conditions (47.93%), adequate oral feeding (92.31%), improved respiratory effort (92.90%), improved O2 saturations (SaO2>97%) (52.07%), improved O2 saturations (SaO2 >94%) (37.87%), improved O2 saturations (SaO2 >92%) (5.33%), carer ability (78.70%), adequate social circumstances (18.34%), possibility to arrange follow-up (67.46%).