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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 86:F32-F35 doi:10.1136/fn.86.1.F32
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Prediction of extubation failure in preterm infants

Table 3

Comparison of areas under the receiver operator characteristic curves

All infants Infants <30 weeks gestational age
CRS, compliance of the respiratory system; IP, inspiratory pressure; MIP, maximum inspiratory pressure; PIP, peak inspiratory pressure; Fio2, inspired oxygen concentration.
Gestational age 0.93 0.93
Birth weight 0.86 0.81
Postnatal age 0.89 0.98
Max PIP 0.71 0.86
Max Fio2 0.62 0.66
CRS/kg 0.54 0.51
Inspiratory pressures
    Mean IP 0.78 0.86
    Max IP 0.72 0.67
    Mean MIP 0.90 0.95
    Max MIP 0.82 0.83
Inspiratory pressures corrected for birth weight
    Mean IP/kg 0.59 0.69
    Max IP/kg 0.61 0.52
    Max MIP/kg 0.53 0.62
    Mean MIP/kg 0.52 0.81

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