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Figure 1 : Study Flowchart
Figure 2: (A) Line diagram comparing the WCS (mean +SEM) in non-reintubated patients of the two groups during post-extubation observation period (interactional p=0.22). (B)Kaplan Meier Curve for time to irreversibly achieve WCS< 2 during postextubation observation period (Log rank test, p=0.90).