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Reasons for intubation
| Reason for intubation | Total (n = 163) | Successful weaning (n = 78) | Failure to wean (n = 85) | P |
| Pulmonary disease | 107 | 46 (59.0%) | 61 (71.8%) | 0.1 |
| Infectious disease | 18 | 7 (9.0%) | 11 (12.9%) | 0.5 |
| Neurological disease | 28 | 20 (25.6%) | 8 (9.4%) | 0.007 |
| Circulatory disease | 10 | 5 (6.4%) | 5 (5.9%) | 1.0 |
Shown are the reasons for intubation of the 163 patients who underwent tracheostomy, and differences between patients who weaned successfully and those who failed to wean.
