Prevalence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Airway Versus Non-Airway Pediatric Extubation Failure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pediatric extubation failure is associated with morbidity and mortality. The most common cause is upper-airway obstruction. Subglottic edema is common, but upper-airway obstruction can occur from the oral cavity to the trachea. Dichotomous categorization of extubation failure as airway versus non-airway may help identify risk factors as well as strategies that translate to lower extubation failure rates.

Methods

This was as single-center, retrospective cohort study of invasive mechanical ventilation encounters within a quality improvement database between October 1, 2017-November 30, 2020. Utilizing a 3-physician adjudication process, all extubation failures were categorized as airway versus non-airway. Primary outcome was failure subtype prevalence. Secondary out

SUBMITTER: Loberger JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10027148 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature