Early prediction of hospital outcomes in patients tracheostomized for complex mechanical ventilation weaning.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Tracheostomy is often performed in the intensive care unit (ICU) when mechanical ventilation (MV) weaning is prolonged to facilitate daily care. Tracheostomized patients require important healthcare resources and have poor long-term prognosis after the ICU. However, data lacks regarding prediction of outcomes at hospital discharge. We looked for patients' characteristics, ventilation parameters, sedation and analgesia use (pre-tracheostomy) that are associated with favorable and poor outcomes (post-tracheostomy) using univariate and multivariate logistic regressions.

Results

Eighty tracheostomized patients were included (28.8% women, 60 [52-71] years). Twenty-three (28.8%) patients were intubated for neurological reasons. Time from intubation to tracheostomy was 1

SUBMITTER: Cabrio D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9357593 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature