Mechanical Ventilator Liberation of Patients With COVID-19 in Long-term Acute Care Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mechanical ventilation (MV) via tracheostomy is performed commonly for patients who are in long-term acute care hospitals (LTACHs) after respiratory failure. However, the outcome of MV in COVID-19-associated respiratory failure in LTACHs is not known.

Research question

What is the ventilator liberation rate of patients who have received tracheostomy with COVID-19-associated respiratory failure compared with those with respiratory failure unrelated to COVID-19 in LTACHs?

Study design and methods

In this retrospective cohort study, we examined mechanically ventilated patients discharged between June 2020 and March 2021. Of 242 discharges, 165 patients who had undergone tracheostomy arrived and were considered for ventilator liberation. One hundred twenty-eigh

SUBMITTER: Dolinay T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8875856 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature