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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2017 Feb 4;153(6):1519–1526. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.12.042

TABLE 5.

Outcomes associated with 72-hour extubation failure after neonatal congenital heart surgery

Total population (n = 899) Extubation success (n = 796) Extubation failure (n = 103) P value
Cardiac ICU duration, d 8 (5–15) 8 (4–14) 16 (9–31) .001
Hospital LOS, d 24 (15–39) 23 (14–37) 33 (21–54) .001
Hospital mortality 26 (3%) 18 (2%) 8 (8%) .002

Median (25th, 75th percentiles) or number (percentage) reported. P value calculated with chi-square or Fisher exact test for categoric variables and Wilcoxon rank-sum test for continuous variables. ICU, Intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay.