Assessment Of The Magnitude And Associated Factors Of Unplanned Extubation In Intensive Care Unit At Addis Ababa Governmental Hospitals. Addis Ababa Ethiopia 2021
Background: Unplanned extubation is the premature removal of an endotracheal tubernaccidentally during procedural activities or by the action of the patient. It is one of therncommonly reported complications among mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care rnunit.rnObjectives: Assess the magnitude and associated factors of unplanned extubation in intensive rncare unit at Addis Ababa governmental hospitals, Addis Ababa Ethiopia January8, 2021-May9,rn2021 rnMethods: Hospital based cross-sectional study conducted on 317intubated patients in thernintensive care unit which fulfilled the inclusion criteria at the selected Addis Ababarngovernmental hospitals, Addis Ababa Ethiopia from January8, 2021-May9, 2021.Data collectionrnmethod was includes patients chart review, direct observation and by asking the physician.rnCollected data was entered to Epi-data version 4.6.0.2 and was analyzed by SPSS version 26rnstatistical software .All independent variables with the dependent variable was analyzed usingrnbinary logistic regression to determine the variables independently predictive of unplannedrnextubation. Odd ratio .P-value and 95% confidence interval was calculated to differentiate riskrnfactors and to assess association strength. Variables with P-value