Evaluation of Extubation Criteria in Children With Upper Respiratory Infection (URI)

Inclusion Criteria:

• All study participants must be undergoing general anesthesia and surgery with anendotracheal tube

• The URI group will be participants with a score of at least 3 on our pre-operativeURI survey, with planned airway instrumentation with an endotracheal tube (ETT) fortheir surgical procedure who are to be discharged same day or on postoperative day

• The non URI group will be participants undergoing elective procedures with no URIsymptom or recent URI. Defined as no URI or "allergy" symptom within the past 6weeks and a score of 1 or less on the URI survey, with planned airwayinstrumentation with an ETT for their surgical procedure who are to be dischargedsame day or on postoperative day 1.

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of home oxygen use or ventilator dependence,

• Patients undergoing emergent procedures.

• Patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease.

• Patients receiving a surgical procedure where the duration of post procedure

• admission is anticipated to be greater or equal to 2 postoperative days.

• Patients undergoing anesthesia for imaging procedures alone.

• Patients who are extubated deep intentionally.

• Patients intended to be managed with supraglottic airway.

• Patients undergoing total IV anaesthesia (TIVA).