TABLE 3.
Clinical Characteristics of Ventilation Episodes by Extubation Failure Status (n = 1,734 Ventilation Episodes)
| Characteristics | Overall (n = 1,734) |
Extubation Failure
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (n = 100) |
No (n = 1,634) |
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| Previous episodes of mechanical ventilation | 259 (14.9) | 25 (25.0) | 234 (14.3) |
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| Time of the day of the extubation | |||
| Daytime (7:00 AM–5:00 PM) | 1,211 (69.8) | 71 (71.0) | 1,140 (69.8) |
| Off hours (5:01 AM–6:59PM) | 523 (30.2) | 29 (29.0) | 494 (30.2) |
|
| |||
| Day of the week of the extubation | |||
| Weekday (Monday–Friday) | 1,499 (86.4) | 82 (82.0) | 1,417 (86.7) |
| Weekend (Saturday/Sunday) | 235 (13.6) | 18 (18.0) | 217 (13.3) |
|
| |||
| Duration of mechanical ventilation, hr | 9.6 (4.0–44.1) | 32.8 (10.1–80.3) | 9.0 (4.0–41.4) |
| < 9.6 hr (median) | 869 (50.1) | 24 (24.0) | 845 (51.7) |
| 9.6–44.1 hr | 432 (24.9) | 33 (33.0) | 399 (24.4) |
| ≥ 44.1 hr (75th percentile) | 433 (25.0) | 43 (43.0) | 390 (23.9) |
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| Extubation in cardiac ICU | 1,225 (70.6) | 85 (85.0) | 1,140 (69.8) |
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| Final airway type used during mechanical ventilation course | |||
| Oral | 1,261 (72.7) | 78 (78.0) | 1,183 (72.4) |
| Nasal | 466 (26.9) | 21 (21.0) | 445 (27.2) |
| Unknown | 7 (0.4) | 1 (1.0) | 6 (0.4) |
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| Diaphragm paralysis during the hospitalization | 21 (1.2) | 2 (2.0) | 19 (1.2) |
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| Vocal cord dysfunction during the hospitalization | 52 (3.0) | 9 (9.0) | 43 (2.6) |
Data is presented as n (%) or median (interquartile range) as appropriate.