英文摘要 |
Objectives: Prolonged weaning affects mortality and the extubation success rate during hospitalization. The aim of the present study was to discuss the factors impacting prolonged weaning of respiratory failure patients. The research results are expected to help medical care teams understand and improve the incidence of prolonged weaning. Methods: This was a retrospective study. The medical records data were collected from a regional teaching hospital in southern Taiwan. The patients were admitted to the intensive care unit, intubated, and mechanical ventilation was initiated. When a patient was stable based on attending physician assessment, planned extubation was performed for at least 120 h without re-intubation. Statistical analyses were conducted on the data using SPSS 18.0. The level of signifi cance was set at 0.05. Results: The cumulative incidences of the simple, difficult, and prolonged weaning groups were 49.4%, 33.7%, and 16.9%, respectively. A higher proportion of patients with prolonged weaning were intubated for pneumonia and pulmonary respiratory failure types. Conclusions: Based on a multivariate logistic regression model analysis, intubation days, pulmonary respiratory failure types, and intubation due to hyperventilation had a greater odds of prolonged weaning. |