Observational studyPloS one2019
Tracheostomy and long-term mortality in ICU patients undergoing prolonged mechanical ventilation.
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French and EuRopean Outcome Registry in Intensive Care Unit
Observational iNternational Study of TRACHeostomy Practice in Adult Intensive Care Units - ON TRACH
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Association of Tracheostomy With Outcomes in Patients With COVID-19 and SARS-CoV-2 Transmission Among Health Care Professionals: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Percutaneous tracheostomy: Comparison of three different methods with respect to tracheal cartilage injury in cadavers-Randomized controlled study.Pathology oncology research : POR · 2023Trial
- Observational
- Factors associated with weaning success from prolonged mechanical ventilation in surviving Chinese pediatric intensive care units: a multicenter analysis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Adjustment Disorders and Quality of Life in Patients With Tracheostomy and Tracheal Cannula: A Scoping Review.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Predictive factors for death and long-term outcomes in elderly critically ill patients following tracheotomy: a retrospective analysis.BMC anesthesiology · 2025Article
- Impact of tracheostomy on clinical outcomes in ventilated patients with severe pneumonia: a propensity-matched cohort study.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2025Observational
- Clinical Characteristics and Mortality-Associated Factors in Trauma Patients Undergoing Permanent Versus Temporary Tracheostomy.Clinics and practice · 2025Article
- Follow-up short and long-term mortalities of tracheostomized critically ill patients in an Italian multi-center observational study.Scientific reports · 2024Observational
- Tracheostomies for respiratory failure are associated with a high inpatient mortality: a potential trigger to reconsider goals of care.Trauma surgery & acute care open · 2024Article
- Long-Term Mortality in Critically Ill Tracheostomized Patients Based on Home Mechanical Ventilation at Discharge.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
- Machine Learning Models to Predict 30-Day Mortality in Mechanically Ventilated Patients.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Tracheostomy in Adult Intensive Care Unit: An ISCCM Expert Panel Practice Recommendations.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2020Article
- Activities of daily living and psychiatric symptoms after intensive care unit discharge among critically ill patients with or without tracheostomy: a single center longitudinal study.Acute medicine & surgeryArticle
- Non-invasive vagus nerve magnetic stimulation combined with rehabilitation training for vocal cord paralysis and dysphagia following brain injury: a prospective case series study.Frontiers in neurologyArticle
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Abstract
introductionIn critically ill patients undergoing prolonged mechanical ventilation (MV), the difference in long-term outcomes between patients with or without tracheostomy remains unexplored.
methodsAncillary study of a prospective international multicentre observational cohort in 21 centres in France and Belgium, including 2087 patients, with a one-year follow-up after admission. We included patients with a MV duration ≥10 days, with or without tracheostomy. We explored the one-year mortality with a classical Cox regression model (adjustment on age, SAPS II, baseline diagnosis and withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies) and a Cox regression model using tracheostomy as a time-dependant variable.
results29.5% patients underwent prolonged MV, out of which 25.6% received tracheostomy and 74.4% did not. At one-year, 45.2% patients had died in the tracheostomy group and 51.5% patients had died in the group without tracheostomy (p = 0.001). In the Cox-adjusted regression model, tracheostomy was not associated with improved one-year outcome (HR CI95 0.7 [0.5-1.001], p = 0.051), as well as in the model using tracheostomy as a time-dependent variable (OR CI 95 1 [0.7-1.4], p = 0.9).
conclusionsIn our study, there was no statistically significant difference in the one-year mortality of patients undergoing prolonged MV when receiving tracheostomy or not.
trial registrationNCT01367093.
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