| |
Cough level
|
Incidence of coughing
|
|---|
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
|---|
|
NS group (n = 30)
|
9(30.00%)
|
4(13.33%)
|
17(56.67%)
|
0
|
21(70.00%)
|
|
D1 group (n = 30)
|
15(50.00%)
|
3(10.00%)
|
12(40.00%)
|
0
|
15(50.00%)
|
|
D2 group (n = 30)
|
22(73.33%)*
|
2(6.67%)
|
6(20.00%)*
|
0
|
8(26.67%)*
|
|
D3 group (n = 30)
|
23(76.67%)*
|
2(6.67%)
|
5(16.67%)*
|
0
|
7(23.33%)*
|
|
P-value
|
0.001
|
0.494
|
0.002
|
0
|
0.001
|
- Data presented as numbers (proportion)
- Cough level (grade 0: no cough; grade 1: mild, single cough; grade 2: moderate, frequent coughing, lasting time < 5 s, no effecting on extubation; grade 3: severe, continuous coughing, lasting time ≥ 5 s, affecting extubation)9
- *p < 0.008 vs. NS group
