[Associated factors to extubation failure in the term newborns from a neonatal intensive care unit].

Introduction: The mechanical ventilator support (MVS) it is a procedure which improves survival of critically ill newborns (NB), but is not risk free one of them is tracheal damage reintubations by extubation failure. Knowledge that there is the medical literature is about preterm infant and there is not information about term NB.

Objective: To establish that factors are associated to the unsuccessful extubation in the term NB from 37 to 42 weeks of gestational age.