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Fig. 1 | Annals of Intensive Care

Fig. 1

From: Electrical impedance tomography during spontaneous breathing trials and after extubation in critically ill patients at high risk for extubation failure: a multicenter observational study

Fig. 1

Patients’ flow throughout the study protocol. Of the overall population of 78 patients who underwent data analysis, 61 patients (78.2%) successfully passed the SBT (i.e., SBT success), whereas 17 (21.8%) did not (i.e., SBT failure). Of the 61 successfully extubated patients, 22 patients (34.9%) met one or more criteria for post-extubation respiratory failure. Among these 22 patients who experienced extubation failure, three individuals (14.9%) required immediate reintubation, while in 19 patients (86.4%) CPAP/NIV was attempted as rescue therapy. Of these 19 patients, 8 (42.1%) failed and were reintubated. Not reported in the figure is that none of the reintubated patients required tracheostomy, and only one patient died 10 days after reintubation because of septic complications

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