Perinatal and Peri-Extubation Characteristics
The 94 infants that failed extubation had a median gestational age (GA)
of 25.5 (IQR 24-27) weeks, median birth weight of 780 (680-914) grams,
14% infants were SGA, 52% were male, 51% had an APGAR score of ≤ 6 at
5 minutes of age, median age at first extubation attempt was 4 (2-12)
days, median post menstrual age at extubation was 27 (26-28) weeks.