Factors Associated With 14-D Reintubation and Outcomes in Surgical Intensive Care Unit Patients.

After matching, 491 reintubated patients were compared with 1964 controls.

Incentive spirometry or noninvasive ventilation were associated with lower odds of reintubation.

Reintubation was associated with significantly longer intensive care unit and hospital stays, higher 30-d and in-hospital mortality, and increased health care costs (all P < 0.001).