id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-343023-e1uv7t6p Zhang, Jingchen Failure of early extubation among cases of coronavirus disease-19 respiratory failure: Case report and clinical experience 2020-07-02 .txt text/plain 1709 108 47 Through prone position treatment, sputum drainage and awake extracorporeal membrane oxygenation strategy, patient has been transferred to rehabilitation unit in Case 1, and patient in Case 2 has been in recovery stage as well with stable pulmonary status and was expected to receive evaluation in recent future. [1] Relevant clinical manifestations included long course of disease, rapid progression of respiratory failure among critical patients, of whom most required mechanical ventilation (MV) for life support. The chest X-ray examination showed a slow progress, followed by progressive decrease in oxygenation index, respiratory rate-oxygenation (ROX) index: [5] 3.6 to 3.7, and then, according to the indications of tracheal intubation, the first criterion was satisfied, thus the patient was intubated again 96 hours after the first extubation (Fig. 4) . In Case 2, an 80-year-old man with a history of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, was admitted to our hospital after intubation for MV due to respiratory failure 5 days after COVID-19 confirmation (Figs. ./cache/cord-343023-e1uv7t6p.txt ./txt/cord-343023-e1uv7t6p.txt