Delayed extubation occurred in 19 cases with very prolonged extubation (>60 min) in 3 cases. The mean age at diagnosis was 38.07 days for group 1 and 34.42 days for group 2. The average of operating ...

Arun Sadier, 61, who lived in Elmstead Market, attended Colchester Hospital in early April complaining of abdominal pain and ...

Introduction Unplanned extubation (UE), which refers to the accidental removal of an endotracheal tube (ETT) in patients receiving mechanical ventilation, is a common and serious adverse event ...

Extubation failures were younger (median age of 6.5 months vs. 21.3 months), had longer durations of intubation, PICU, and hospital stay but no difference in mortality.

Knight et al.1 highlighted significant variation in extubation practices across UK hospitals, with local rates ranging from 2% to 74% and a low reintubation rate (5%). Regions with higher extubation ...

Objective: To identify whether the results of assessment of respiratory muscle strength or respiratory load were better predictors of extubation failure in preterm infants than readily available ...

NIF of at least -30 cm H 2 O has been found predictive of extubation success in adults [76, 77] and also in children as part of the CROP index [18, 31] or as a stand-alone test under rigorous ...

PRIMARY OUTCOME MEASURE Failure of extubation as defined by the following criteria: (a) apnoea (more than one episode/hour over a six hour period or one episode requiring bag and mask ventilation); (b ...