Revisiting Unplanned Endotracheal Extubation and Disease Severity in Intensive Care Units

Ming-Lung Chuang, Chai-Yuan Lee, Yi-Fang Chen, Shih-Feng Huang and I-Feng Lin

PLOS ONE, 2015, vol. 10, issue 10, 1-10

Abstract: Most reports regarding unplanned extubation (UE) are case-control studies with matching age and disease severity. To avoid diminishing differences in matched factors, this study with only matching duration of mechanical ventilation aimed to re-examine the risk factors and the factors governing outcomes of UE in intensive care units (ICUs). This case-control study was conducted on 1,775 subjects intubated for mechanical ventilation. Thirty-seven (2.1%) subjects with UE were identified, and 156 non-UE subjects were randomly selected as the control group. Demographic data, acute Physiological and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II) scores, and outcomes of UE were compared between the two groups. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify the risk factors of UE. Milder disease, younger age, and higher Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) scores with more frequently being physically restrained (all p

Date: 2015
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