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Tracheostomy-related indications, early complications and their predictors among patients in low resource settings: a prospective cohort study in the pre-COVID-19 era

BMC Surgery, 2023
Background Tracheostomy is a life-saving procedure whose outcomes may vary between hospitals based on disparities in their existing expertise. We aimed at establishing the indications, early tracheostomy-related complications and their associated factors
Daniel J. Nyanzi, Daniel Atwine, Ronald Kamoga, Caroline Birungi, Caroline A. Nansubuga, Victoria Nyaiteera, Doreen Nakku   +6 more
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Comparison of Early Complications of Elective Tracheostomy with Early Complications of Emergency Tracheostomy

, 2021
Objective: To compare early postoperative complications of elective tracheostomy and early postoperative complications of emergency tracheostomy. Study Design: Comparative/Observational. Place and Duration of Study: Department of ENT Head and neck surgery MTI Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar. Materials and Methods: Sixty six patients (32 in exposed group
Habib Ur Rehman, Ubaid Ullah, Sana Ullah, Muhmmand Said, Raza Muhmmand, Khalil Ahmed Orakzai   +5 more
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Timing of Tracheostomy, Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation and Duration of Hospitalization among a Sample of Pediatric Patients

Philippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2019
Objective: To determine if there is a difference in the duration of mechanical ventilation and hospitalization between patients who underwent early compared to late tracheostomy.
Jose Brian Ferrolino, Jose Florencio Lapeña, Ryner Jose Carrillo   +2 more
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Predictors of Successful Decannulation Using a Tracheostomy Retainer in Patients with Prolonged Weaning and Persisting Respiratory Failure [PDF]

, 2012
Background: For percutaneously tracheostomized patients with prolonged weaning and persisting respiratory failure, the adequate time point for safe decannulation and switch to noninvasive ventilation is an important clinical issue.
Kollert, Florian, Heinemann, F., Kollert, F., Pfeifer, Michael A., Pfeifer, Michael, Budweiser, Stephan, Heinemann, Frank, Jörres, Rudolf A., Baur, Tobias   +8 more
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Early experience in tracheostomy and tracheostomy tube management in Covid-19 patients

American Journal of Otolaryngology, 2020
In Italy, we have experienced Europe's first and largest coronavirus outbreak. Based on our preliminary experience, we discuss the challenges in performing tracheotomy and tracheostoma care in the setting of a new pathogen.
Piccin O., Albertini R., Caliceti U., Cavicchi O., Cioccoloni E., Dematte M., Ferri G. G., Macri G., Marre P., Pelligra I., Saggese D., Schiavon P., Sciarretta V., Sorrenti G.   +13 more
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The Impact of Early Tracheostomy in Neurotrauma Patients: A Retrospective Study. [PDF]

Indian J Crit Care Med, 2017
Although majority of neurotrauma patients require long term ventilatory support but the timing of tracheostomy in such patients is controversial.This retrospective study was conducted at a Tertiary Care Hospital, Pune, India. Patients >18 years of age, who underwent percutaneous tracheostomy (PCT) from June 2010 to November 2014 at neurotrauma unit ...
Saran S, Ghosh P, Azim A.
europepmc   +6 more sources

Predictors for Tracheostomy with External Validation of the Stroke-Related Early Tracheostomy Score (SETscore) [PDF]

Neurocritical Care, 2018
Ischemic stroke (IS), intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) patients often require endotracheal intubation (EI) and mechanical ventilation (MV). Predicting the need for prolonged EI and timing of tracheostomy (TR) is challenging. While TR is performed for about 10-15% of patients in the general intensive care unit (ICU), the
Alsherbini, K., Goyal, N., Metter, E.J., Pandhi, A., Tsivgoulis, G., Huffstatler, T., Kelly, H., Elijovich, L., Malkoff, M., Alexandrov, A.   +9 more
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Early Tracheostomy versus Late Tracheostomy in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. [PDF]

Asian J Neurosurg
Abstract Objective The aim of this article was to study the impact of early versus late tracheostomy on clinical outcomes of moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). Materials and Methods A retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in the Neurosurgery Department, Mayo Hospital, Lahore, in which a sample size of 50 ...
Nadeem U, Fatima T, Farooq A, Hassan U, Ahmed A.   +4 more
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Outcome of Early versus Late Tracheostomy in Neurosurgical critical Patient

Nepal Journal of Neuroscience, 2019
The Study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of early tracheostomy and of late tracheostomy in neurosurgical critical patients. A retrospective chart review of Neurosurgical critical patients who underwent Tracheostomy from September 2017 to ...
Bal Ram Neupane, Anita Lamichhane
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Early Tracheostomy Tube Change in Children [PDF]

Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 1998
To review the safety of early tracheostomy tube change in children.Retrospective case series.Pediatric tertiary care hospital.Twenty-one consecutive pediatric patients undergoing routine tracheotomy.First tracheostomy tube change performed at patient's bedside at 3 (n = 15) or 4 (n = 5) days after surgery.The ability to safely change a tracheostomy ...
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