Percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy in high-risk ICU patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy (PDT) has become an established procedure in intensive care units (ICU). However, the safety of this method has been under debate given the growing number of critically ill patients with high bleeding risk receiving anticoagulation, dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) or even a combination of both, i.e. triple therapy. Therefore, the purpose of this study, including such a high proportion of patients on antithrombotic therapy, was to investigate whether PDT in high-risk ICU patients is associated with elevated procedural complications and to analyse the risk factors for bleeding occurring during and after PDT.

Methods

PDT interventions conducted in ICUs at 12 European sites between January 2016 and October 2019 were retrospective

SUBMITTER: Lusebrink E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8319261 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature