%0 Journal Article %T Risk factors for noninvasive ventilation failure in patients with post-extubation acute respiratory failure after cardiac surgery %A Fanglin Lu %A Hao Tang %A Jinqiang Chen %A Qingqi Han %A Yang Liu %A Yangfeng Tang %A Yaoyang Liu %A Zhao An %A Zhiyun Xu %J SCIE-indexed Journal %D 2018 %R 10.21037/jtd.2018.05.96 %X Approximately 9¨C35% of patients develop acute respiratory failure (ARF) after cardiac surgery; the incidence of ARF is higher in patients undergoing complex surgical procedures (1-3). Post-extubation ARF is a serious complication of cardiac surgery and may increase the stay at the intensive care unit (ICU) and in-hospital mortality (4,5) %U http://jtd.amegroups.com/article/view/21926/html