Respiratory Setback Associated with Extubation Failure in
Extremely Preterm Infants
Dhruv Gupta, MDa, Rachel G. Greenberg, MD, MB,
MHSb, Girija Natarajan, MDa, Sanket
Jani, MDa, Amit Sharma, MDa, Michael
Cotten, MD, MHSb, Ronald Thomas,
PhDa, Sanjay Chawla, MDa
Affiliations : a Department of Pediatrics,
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA; and bDepartment of Pediatrics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
Address Correspondence to: Sanjay Chawla, Department of
Pediatrics, 3901 Beaubien, Detroit, MI, USA, 48201. Email:
schawla@dmc.org. Ph. 313 745
1436, Fax: 313 745 5867
Short title: Respiratory Setback with Extubation
Failure
Funding Source: The project was done with no specific funding
support
Financial Disclosure: The authors have no financial
relationships relevant to this article to disclose.
Conflict of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest
relevant to this article to disclose
Abbreviations :
MV: Mechanical Ventilation
BPD: Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
NICU: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
NCPAP: Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
NIPPV: Nasal Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation
Pco2: Partial pressure of carbon dioxide in
arterial or capillary blood
RSS: Respiratory Severity Score
FiO2: Fraction of Inspired Oxygen
ANS: Antenatal Steroids
GA: Gestational Age
PIH: Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension
MAP: Mean Airway Pressure
VI: Ventilation Index
CI: Confidence Interval