The study was carried out at the neurosurgical operating theater and neurosurgical intensive care unit, Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai University-Hospital. The study design was a retrospective Cohort study, recruited elective adult neurosurgical patients during December 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022. The patients were excluded if they had pre-operative definite airway control. The primary outcome was extubation success in the operating theater. Prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) means the patients who could not undergo the weaning protocol and extubation in 48 hours of surgery. The secondary outcome was the features associated with the prolonged mechanical ventilation.
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to be able to extubate after neurosurgery
Timeframe: within 24 hours after surgery