ArticleCritical care explorations2021
The Epidemiology of Adult Tracheostomy in the United States 2002-2017: A Serial Cross-Sectional Study.
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- Clinical feasibility of intratracheal tracheostomy sealing using a novel sealing disc prototype.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- Tracheoinnominate fistula in patients with bovine arches: An under-reported risk factor for a catastrophic complication.Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2026Article
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- Standardizing Tracheostomy Discharge Education Using an Interdisciplinary Hand-off Form: A Quality Improvement Study.ORL-head and neck nursing : official journal of the Society of Otorhinolaryngology and Head-Neck Nurses · 2026Article
- Predictors of Decannulation Success in Tracheostomy: A 10-Year Analysis of the Global Tracheostomy Collaborative Database.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2025Observational
- The Impact of Tracheostomy Indication on Patient Outcomes and Hospital Course.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2025Article
- Tracheal Stenosis and its Management - A Single Institution 10 Years Experience.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2025Article
- Preventing and Managing Tracheostomy-Related Emergencies in the Radiology Suite: Best Practices for Safety and Preparedness.Journal of radiology nursing · 2025Article
- Predictive Factors of Successful Decannulation in Tracheostomy Patients: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Trends in tracheostomy placement after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.Resuscitation plus · 2025Article
- Volume-outcome relationships for tracheostomies in Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Units: A registry-based retrospective study.Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine · 2025Article
- The Impact of Follow-Up Care on Tracheostomy Management Post-Hospital Discharge: A Longitudinal Cohort Study of Clinical Outcomes, Quality of Life, and Long-Term Recovery.Tracheostomy (Warrenville, Ill.) · 2025Article
- Out-of-Pocket Costs and Potential Surprise Bills for Tracheostomy in Commercially Insured Patients.Tracheostomy (Warrenville, Ill.) · 2025Article
- Predicting Tracheostomy Need on Admission to the Intensive Care Unit-A Multicenter Machine Learning Analysis.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Article
- Tracheostomy Incidence and Complications: A National Database Analysis.Otolaryngology--head and neck surgery : official journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery · 2024Article
- Impact of Obesity on Timing of Tracheotomy: A Multi-institutional Retrospective Study.The Laryngoscope · 2024Article
- Impact of tracheostomy tube modalities on ventilatory mechanics: a bench study.Intensive care medicine experimental · 2024Article
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Abstract
Describe the longitudinal national epidemiology of tracheostomies performed in acute care hospitals and describe the annual rate of tracheostomy performed for patients with respiratory failure with invasive mechanical ventilation.
designSerial cross-sectional study.
settingThe 2002-2014 and 2016-2017 Healthcare Utilization Project's National Inpatient Sample datasets. PATIENTS: Discharges greater than or equal to 18 years old, excluding those with head and neck cancer or transferred from another hospital. We used diagnostic and procedure codes from the
interventionsNone. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
resultsThere were an estimated 80,612 tracheostomies performed in 2002, a peak of 89,545 tracheostomies in 2008, and a nadir of 58,840 tracheostomies in 2017. The annual occurrence rate was 37.5 (95% CI, 34.7-40.4) tracheostomies per 100,000 U.S. adults in 2002, with a peak of 39.7 (95% CI, 36.5-42.9) in 2003, and with a nadir of 28.4 (95% CI, 27.2-29.6) in 2017. Specifically, among the subgroup of hospital discharges with respiratory failure with invasive mechanical ventilation, an annual average of 9.6% received tracheostomy in the hospital. This changed over the study period from 10.4% in 2002, with a peak of 10.9% in 2004, and with a nadir of 7.4% in 2017. Among respiratory failure with invasive mechanical ventilation discharges with tracheostomy, the annual proportion of patients 50-59 and 60-69 years old increased, whereas patients from 70 to 79 and greater than or equal to 80 years old decreased. The mean hospital length of stay decreased, and in-hospital mortality decreased, whereas discharge to intermediate care facilities increased.
conclusionsOver the study period, there were decreases in the annual total case volume and adult occurrence rate of tracheostomy as well as decreases in the rate of tracheostomy among the subgroup with respiratory failure with invasive mechanical ventilation. There is some evidence of changing patterns of patient selection for in-hospital tracheostomy among those with respiratory failure with invasive mechanical ventilation with decreasing proportions of patients with advanced age.
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