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Reasons for intubation |
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| Reason for intubation |
Total (n = 163) |
Successful weaning (n = 78) |
Failure to wean (n = 85) |
P |
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| Pulmonary disease |
107 |
46 (59.0%) |
61 (71.8%) |
0.1 |
| Infectious disease |
18 |
7 (9.0%) |
11 (12.9%) |
0.5 |
| Neurological disease |
28 |
20 (25.6%) |
8 (9.4%) |
0.007 |
| Circulatory disease |
10 |
5 (6.4%) |
5 (5.9%) |
1.0 |
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Shown are the reasons for intubation of the 163 patients who underwent tracheostomy, and differences between patients who weaned successfully and those who failed to wean. | ||||
Hsu et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R46 doi:10.1186/cc3018 |
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