Extubation failure rate and outcomes in patients admitted to intensive Care unit

Failure of extubation means to need to provide ventilatory support during 24-48 hours after endotracheal tube extubation and several studies have been conducted about it.
This study was performed on mechanically ventilated patients who admitted to intensive care unit of Urmia Emam Khomeini hospital during March 2014 -March 2015. Demographic charachtristics (age, sex), duration of mechanical ventilation, duration of endotracheal intubation, ICU and hospital stay, failure of extubation, endotracheal reintubation and mortality rates obtained from patients medical records and collected in data sheets, and assessed by means of SPSS ver. 20 at the end of study.
Data related to 580 patients were enrolled in this study. Almost 53 percent of patients were male. Among patients who were studied, 72.8% of them had been discharged and 27.2% had been dead. In present study, the frequency of extubation failure was 11.7%. The outcome measures that were studied, were statistically significant between two groups of patients (with and without failure of extubation) (p In our study, the rate of extubation failure and related outcomes were in acceptable range.