Table 1.
Incidence of postextubation stridor, postextubation laryngeal edema, and reintubation
| Author | Year | Participants, number | Cases, number | Percentage | Reintubation due to PES/PLE, number | Percentage of participants | Percentage of cases | Reintubation total, number | Percentage of participants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postextubation stridor | |||||||||
| Colice et al. [1] | 1989 | 82 | 5 | 6.1 % | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9 | 11 % |
| Ho et al. [17]a | 1996 | 38 | 10 | 26.3 % | 1 | 2.6 % | 10 % | N/A | N/A |
| Miller and Cole [22] | 1996 | 100 | 6 | 6.0 % | 3 | 3.0 % | 50 % | 17 | 17.0 % |
| Epstein and Ciubotaru [3] | 1998 | 745 | N/A | N/A | 11 | 1.5 % | N/A | 74 | 9.9 % |
| Sandhu et al. [21] | 2000 | 110 | 13 | 11.8 % | 6 | 5.5 % | 46.2 % | N/A | N/A |
| De Bast et al. [2] | 2002 | 76 | 10 | 13.2 % | 8 | 10.5 % | 80 % | 14 | 18.4 % |
| Jaber et al. [25]b | 2003 | 112 | 13 | 11.6 % | 9 | 8.0 % | 69.2 % | 11 | 9.8 % |
| Maury et al. [20]b | 2004 | 99 | 4 | 4.0 % | 1 | 1.0 % | 25.0 % | 18 | 18.2 % |
| Kriner et al. [18] | 2005 | 462 | 20 | 4.3 % | 7 | 1.5 % | 35 % | N/A | N/A |
| Ding et al. [23] | 2006 | 51 | 4 | 7.8 % | 2 | 3.9 % | 50 % | N/A | N/A |
| Cheng et al. [16]c | 2006 | 236 | 18 | 7.6 % | 10 | 4.2 % | 55.6 % | 14 | 5.9 % |
| Lee et al. [30]d | 2007 | 325 | 25 | 7.7 % | 6 | 1.8 % | 24.0 % | 6 | 1.8 % |
| Tadié et al. [14] | 2010 | 136 | 18 | 13.2 % | 4 | 2.9 % | 22.2 % | 17 | 12.5 % |
| Cheng et al. [26]c | 2011 | 113 | 16 | 14.2 % | 11 | 9.7 % | 68.8 % | 14 | 12.4 % |
| Gros et al. [27] | 2012 | 104 | 7 | 6.7 % | 6 | 5.8 % | 85.7 % | 29 | 27.9 % |
| Sutherasan et al. [15] | 2013 | 101 | 16 | 15.8 % | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Mikaeili et al. [28] | 2014 | 41 | 4 | 9.8 % | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Abbasi et al. [29]a | 2014 | 35 | 7 | 20 % | N/A | N/A | N/A | 11 | 31.4 % |
| Laryngeal edema | |||||||||
| Darmon et al. [12]a | 1992 | 337 | 17 | 5.0 % | 5 | 1.5 % | 29.4 % | N/A | N/A |
| De Bast et al. [2] | 2002 | 76 | 8 | 10.5 % | 8 | 10.5 % | 100 % | 14 | 18.4 % |
| Chung et al. [13] | 2006 | 95 | 35 | 36.8 % | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| François et al. [11]a | 2007 | 343 | 76 | 22.2 % | 11 | 3.2 % | 14.5 % | 26 | 7.6 % |
| Tadié et al. [14] | 2010 | 136 | 74 | 54.4 % | 13 | 9.6 % | 17.6 % | N/A | N/A |
| Sutherasan et al. [15] | 2013 | 101 | 17 | 16.8 % | 2 | 2.0 % | 11.8 % | N/A | N/A |
Adapted from Wittekamp et al. [4]
PES/PLE postextubation stridor/postextubation laryngeal edema, N/A data not available
aPlacebo group
bOnly reintubation after first extubation attempt was included in analysis
cNonintervention group (cuff leak volume (CLV) ≥24 %) and placebo group combined
dNonintervention group (CLV >110 ml) and placebo group combined