Table 1.
Characteristics of infants with and without unplanned extubations
| Characteristic | Infants without an unplanned extubation (n = 637) |
Infants with an unplanned extubation (n = 81) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male sex, n (%) | 370 (58) | 45 (56) | 0.67a |
| Race | |||
| White | 528 (83) | 59 (73) | 0.09a |
| Black | 91 (14) | 19 (23) | |
| Otherb | 18 (3) | 3 (4) | |
| Inborn, n (%) | 253 (40) | 38 (47) | 0.2a |
| Day of life at NICU admission, median [IQR] | 0 [0,1] | 0 [0,5] | 0.03c |
| Birth weight, median grams [IQR] | 2,170 [1,170,3,060] | 1,020 [694,2,320] | <0.01c |
| Gestational age at birth, median weeks [IQR] | 34 [29,37] | 27 [25,35] | <0.01c |
| CRIB score, median [IQR] | 3 [0,4] | 4 [1,7] | <0.01c |
| Total ventilator days, median [IQR] | 2 [1,6] | 20 [5,40] | <0.01c |
Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; NICU, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
Chi-squared test.
Other races included Asian and Pacific Islander.
Wilcoxon rank–sum test.