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NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Predictors Listed of Prolonged Extubation After General Anesthesia

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Andrea Vannucci, MD

Montreal—Researchers have confirmed a series of independent patient-, procedure- and anesthesia-related predictors of prolonged extubation after general anesthesia.

The study also showed that patients who experience prolonged extubation are at significantly greater risk for immediate reintubation.

Andrea Vannucci, MD, and his colleagues at the University of Mississippi Medical Center and Washington University in St. Louis, were interested in examining the quality and