Tracheostomy practices in children on mechanical ventilation: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate current practices of tracheostomy in children regarding the ideal timing of tracheostomy placement, complications, indications, mortality, and success in decannulation.

Source of data

The authors searched PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, and complemented by manual search. The guidelines of PRISMA and MOOSE were applied. The quality of the included studies was evaluated with the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale. Information extracted included patients' characteristics, outcomes, time to tracheostomy, and associated complications. Odds ratios (ORs) with 95% CIs were computed using the Mantel-Haenszel method.

Synthesis of data

Sixty-six articles were included in the qualitative analysis, and 8 were included in the meta-analysis about timing f

SUBMITTER: de Araujo OR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9432186 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature