The Impact of Head Elevation on Prevalence and Severity of Emergence Cough in Male Patients during Endotracheal Extubation

30 November 2023 : Clinical Research

Gang Mee Lim^1B, Soo Jung Park^2DE, Sung Young Park^2CD, Ji Ho Kim^3C, Ji Eun Kim

^2AEF*

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.942597

Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e942597

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Table 2 Incidence and severity of cough.

	Control group (n=36)	Head elevation group (n=35)	P value
Incidence
Cough^*	32 (89%)	33 (94%)	0.674
Severe cough (grade 3)	24 (67%)	17 (50%)	0.153
Cough grade
Before extubation 0/1/2/3	0/5/8/23	1/2/17/15	0.039
At extubation 0/1/2/3	5/21/8/2	5/22/3/5	0.339
After extubation 0/1/2/3	32/3/1/0	32/1/1/1	0.804
Values are presented as number (percentage). ^* Cough was defined as grade 2 and 3, and severe cough was defined as only grade 3. Cough grade: 0 – no cough, 1 – a single cough, 2 – more than one episode of non-sustained cough, and 3 – sustained and repetitive cough.

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