SynthesisBritish journal of anaesthesia2022
Tracheostomy outcomes in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and meta-regression.
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- Tracheostomy timing and outcome in critically ill patients with stroke: a meta-analysis and meta-regression.Critical care (London, England) · 2023Pooled it
- Outcomes and mortality predictors after tracheostomy in intensive care unit patients with infectious diseases: A 5-year retrospective cohort study from Brazil.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The COVIDTrach prospective cohort study on outcomes in 1982 tracheostomised COVID-19 patients during the first and second UK pandemic waves.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Low Molecular Weight Heparin Dosing in Relation to Postoperative Bleeding After Tracheotomy in Patients Infected With SARS-CoV-2-A Descriptive Study.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2025Article
- Intubation Versus Tracheotomy Outcomes in Critically Ill COVID-19 Patients in Low-Resource Settings: What Do We Know?Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Tracheostomy Practice in the Italian Intensive Care Units: A Point-Prevalence Survey.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Observational
- Association between Tracheostomy Timing and Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill COVID19 Patients.Iranian journal of otorhinolaryngology · 2025Article
- Tracheostomy is associated with decreased in-hospital mortality during severe COVID-19 infection.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2024Article
- Early tracheostomy in ventilated COVID-19 patients reduces incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Predictive Value of Diaphragm and Lung Ultrasonography for Weaning Failure in Critically Ill Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure Due to COVID-19 Pneumonia.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Outcomes of percutaneous versus surgical tracheostomy in an Australian Quaternary Intensive Care Unit: An entropy-balanced retrospective study.Journal of the Intensive Care Society · 2024Article
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- Outcomes for COVID-19 Patients Undergoing Tracheostomy With or Without Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO).Cureus · 2024Article
- Follow-up short and long-term mortalities of tracheostomized critically ill patients in an Italian multi-center observational study.Scientific reports · 2024Observational
- A retrospective analysis of COVID-19 tracheostomies: Early versus late tracheostomy.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2023Article
- Open versus percutaneous tracheostomy in patients with COVID-19: retrospective cohort analysis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2023Observational
- Characteristics and Outcomes of Tracheostomized Patients With and Without COVID-19.Critical care explorations · 2023Article
- Characteristics and factors associated with mortality in tracheostomized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study in a hospital in Tacna, Peru.Revista peruana de medicina experimental y salud publicaArticle
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Abstract
backgroundWe performed a systematic review of mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19, which analysed the effect of tracheostomy timing and technique (surgical vs percutaneous) on mortality. Secondary outcomes included intensive care unit (ICU) and hospital length of stay (LOS), decannulation from tracheostomy, duration of mechanical ventilation, and complications.
methodsFour databases were screened between January 1, 2020 and January 10, 2022 (PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and Cochrane). Papers were selected according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) and the Population or Problem, Intervention or exposure, Comparison, and Outcome (PICO) guidelines. Meta-analysis and meta-regression for main outcomes were performed.
resultsThe search yielded 9024 potentially relevant studies, of which 47 (n=5268 patients) were included. High levels of between-study heterogeneity were observed across study outcomes. The pooled mean tracheostomy timing was 16.5 days (95% confidence interval [CI]: 14.7-18.4; I
conclusionsIn patients with COVID-19 requiring tracheostomy, the timing and technique of tracheostomy did not clearly impact on patient outcomes. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW PROTOCOL: PROSPERO CRD42021272220.
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