ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Tracheostomy Timing and Outcome in Severe COVID-19: The WeanTrach Multicenter Study.
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- Early versus late tracheostomy in critically ill COVID-19 patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Tracheostomy outcomes in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression.British journal of anaesthesia · 2022Pooled it
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- Tracheostomy Practice in the Italian Intensive Care Units: A Point-Prevalence Survey.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Observational
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- Tracheostomy Timing in Unselected Critically Ill Patients with Prolonged Intubation: A Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Multidrug-resistant pathogens and ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients: a prospective observational monocentric comparative study.Respiratory research · 2024Article
- Increasing the precision of simulated percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy-a pilot prototype device development study.iScience · 2024Article
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- Follow-up short and long-term mortalities of tracheostomized critically ill patients in an Italian multi-center observational study.Scientific reports · 2024Observational
- First management of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 akin to the vital head and neck region and thyroid gland bed: trust, but be careful whom (you trust)?Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2023Article
- Outcomes of Early Versus Late Tracheostomy in Patients With COVID-19: A Multinational Cohort Study.Critical care explorations · 2022Article
- [Update of the recommendations of the Pneumonia Zero project].Enfermeria intensiva · 2022Review
- The Impact of Different Ventilatory Strategies on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with COVID-19 Pneumonia.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Special Issue "Pulmonary and Critical Care Practice in the Pandemic of COVID-19".Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Weaning Outcomes and 28-day Mortality after Tracheostomy in COVID-19 Patients in Central India: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study.Indian journal of critical care medicine : peer-reviewed, official publication of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine · 2022Article
- Tracheostomy timing and outcomes in patients with coronavirus disease 2019-associated acute respiratory distress syndrome: A retrospective observational study.International journal of critical illness and injury scienceArticle
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Abstract
backgroundTracheostomy can be performed safely in patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). However, little is known about the optimal timing, effects on outcome, and complications.
methodsA multicenter, retrospective, observational study. This study included 153 tracheostomized COVID-19 patients from 11 intensive care units (ICUs). The primary endpoint was the median time to tracheostomy in critically ill COVID-19 patients. Secondary endpoints were survival rate, length of ICU stay, and post-tracheostomy complications, stratified by tracheostomy timing (early versus late) and technique (surgical versus percutaneous).
resultsThe median time to tracheostomy was 15 (1-64) days. There was no significant difference in survival between critically ill COVID-19 patients who received tracheostomy before versus after day 15, nor between surgical and percutaneous techniques. ICU length of stay was shorter with early compared to late tracheostomy (
conclusionsAmong critically ill patients with COVID-19, neither early nor percutaneous tracheostomy improved outcomes, but did shorten ICU stay. Infectious complications were less frequent with percutaneous than surgical tracheostomy.
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