Should Reinke edema be considered a contributing factor to post-extubation failure?

Affiliations

• ¹ Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy. andreacortegiani85@gmail.com.
• ² Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy. vincenzo.russotto@tin.it.
• ³ Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy. maurizio.raineri@unipa.it.
• ⁴ Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy. antonino.giarratano@unipa.it.