Does delaying discharge from intensive care until after tracheostomy removal affect 30-day mortality? Propensity score matched cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the short-term mortality effect of discharge from an intensive care unit (ICU) with a tracheostomy in place in comparison to delaying discharge until after tracheostomy removal.

Design

A propensity score matched cohort study using data from the TracMan study.

Setting

Seventy-two UK ICUs taking part in the TracMan study, a randomised controlled trial comparing early tracheostomy (within 4 days of critical care admission) with deferred tracheostomy (after 10 days if still indicated).

Participants

622 patients who underwent a tracheostomy while in the TracMan study between November 2004 and November 2008. 144 patients left ICU with a tracheostomy. 999 days of observation from 294 patients were included in the control pool.

Interventions

SUBMITTER: Vollam S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7282394 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature