Comparison of Outcomes Between Early and Late Tracheostomy

Overview

Journal Respir Care

Publisher Mary Ann Liebert

Specialty Pulmonary Medicine

Date 2023 Jul 19

PMID 37468334

Authors

Jiaqi Luo

Wenfeng Xie

Shuyi Hong

Jinliang Gao

Chunhua Yang

Yiming Shi

Affiliations

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Abstract

Background: The timing of tracheostomy in ventilated patients remains controversial. This study aimed to compare the effect of early tracheostomy (≤7 d) with late tracheostomy (>7 d) on the prognosis of patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation.

Methods: This was a retrospective observational cohort study. The data of 175 patients who received tracheostomy at the ICU between January 1, 2015-July 31, 2022, were collected. Patients were excluded from the study if medical records were incomplete or they underwent tracheostomy as part of a planned operation procedure. One-to-one propensity score matching was used to correct the baseline characteristics between the early and late tracheostomy groups. The treatment process and outcomes were compared between the two groups. The primary outcome was the incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) between groups.

Results: After propensity score matching, 88 subjects were included in the analysis. Compared with the late tracheostomy group, the incidence of VAP, hospital length of stay, sedation-free days, ventilator-free days, and ICU-free days were longer in the early tracheostomy group. There were no significant differences in the 90-d mortality between the two groups.

Conclusions: Early tracheostomy can reduce the occurrence of complications for ICU patients.

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