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Table 6. Weaning of respiratory supports after therapeutic flexible airway endoscopy in children of body weight no more than 5.0 kg.

Procedures	Number	Before / immediate after / within 7 days
Procedures	Number	ET-PPV	NP-PPV	O₂ cannula or RA
Laser therapy	124	14 / 5^a / 2^a	82 / 115^a / 27^a	28 / 4^a / 95^a
Balloon dilatation plasty	80	30 / 13^a / 8^a	29 / 41^a / 23	21 / 26 / 49^a
Stent implantation	20	14 / 0^a / 0^a	6 / 20^a / 5	0 / 0 / 15^a
Foreign body retrieval	10	6 / 2 / 0^a	4/ 8 /2	0 / 0 / 8^a
TBL and inflation	3	3 / 2 / 1	0 / 1 / 2	0 / 0 / 0
Total	237	67 / 22^a / 11^a	/ 185^a / 59^a	49 / 30^a / 167^a

^ap <0.05; ET, endotracheal tube; PPV, positive pressure ventilation; O₂, oxygen; RA, room air.