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. 2018 Sep 23;22:236. doi: 10.1186/s13054-018-2150-6

Table 4.

Main outcomes according to airway failure, non-airway failure and extubation success with corresponding crude odds ratios determined using multinomial logistic regression

Characteristic Extubation success (n = 1311) Airway failure (n = 65) Non-airway failure (n = 77) Airway vs non-airway failure
OR 95% CI P value OR 95% CI P value P value
Vasopressor use 97 (7) 16 (25) 4.087 2.240–7.454 < 0.0001 19 (25) 4.100 2.347–7.162 < 0.0001 0.99
Dialysis use 54 (4) 6 (9) 2.367 0.979–5.724 0.06 8 (10) 2.701 1.237–5.897 0.01 0.82
Hospital-acquired infections 120 (9) 22 (34) 5.078 2.939–8.775 < 0.0001 30 (39) 6.335 3.862–10.393 < 0.0001 0.53
 Pneumonia 63 (5) 16 (25) 6.468 3.485–12.006 < 0.0001 26 (34) 10.099 5.910–17.258 < 0.0001 0.23
 Catheter 23 (2) 3 (5) 2.713 0.794–9.275 0.11 3 (4) 2.270 0.666–7.734 0.19 1.00
 Bloodstream 63 (5) 5 (8) 1.651 0.640–4.255 0.30 10 (13) 2.957 1.452–6.020 0.003 0.77
 Urinary tract 29 (2) 5 (8) 3.684 1.377–9.853 0.009 5 (7) 3.070 1.154–8.166 0.02 1.00
Length of ICU stay 6.0 (2.0–13.0) 17.5 (11.0–30.0) 1.038 1.025–1.051 < 0.0001 16.5 (11.0–26.0) 1.025 1.012–1.039 0.0002 0.32
Length of hospital stay 17.0 (9.0–31.0) 28.5 (18.0–47.0) 1.011 1.005–1.017 0.0005 26.0 (13.0–41.0) 1.009 1.003–1.015 0.0021 0.28
Patient alive at ICU discharge 1237 (94) 52 (80) 0.239 0.125–0.459 < 0.0001 60 (78) 0.211 0.117–0.380 < 0.0001 0.76
Patient alive at hospital discharge 1182 (90) 48 (74) 0.308 0.172–0.552 < 0.0001 53 (69) 0.241 0.144–0.552 < 0.0001 0.51

Data are summarized as number of patients/total number of patients (%) or median (interquartile range). All P values and OR result from a univariate multinomial logistic regression predicting the two modalities of extubation failure (airway failure vs non-airway failure) according to the characteristics

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, ICU intensive care unit

*In the case of reintubation, several causes of reintubation could be provided for airway failure, non-airway failure or mixed airway and non-airway failures