EXtubation Related Complications - the EXTUBE Study (EXTUBE)

EXTUBE is an international, multicentre, prospective cohort study evaluating the incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of extubation-related complications and describing clinical practices related to extubation after general anesthesia or after critical illness in the operating room (OR), out of OR anesthesia location or intensive care unit (ICU).

Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients (≥18 years old) * Undergoing extubation of an endotracheal tube (including index extubation and re-extubations) after general anesthesia in the OR, out of OR anesthesia location or ICU * Undergoing extubation during the specified enrollment window Exclusion Criteria: * Patients will be excluded if the extubation is performed in the context of withdrawal of life support measures, * Patients will be excluded if the extubation is performed for tracheostomy decannulation For each patient who is not included, reasons for exclusion will be reported.