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BMC Anesthesiology
Published in: BMC Anesthesiology 1/2024

Open Access 01-12-2024 | Tracheostomy | Research

The impact of delayed tracheostomy on critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation: a retrospective cohort study in a chinese tertiary hospital

Authors: Jie Zhao, Wei Zheng, Nan-xian Xuan, Qi-chao Zhou, Wei-bing Wu, Wei Cui, Bao-ping Tian

Published in: BMC Anesthesiology | Issue 1/2024

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Abstract

Objectives

The timing of tracheostomy for critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation (MV) is a topic of controversy. Our objective was to determine the most suitable timing for tracheostomy in patients undergoing MV.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting and participants

One thousand eight hundred eighty-four hospitalisations received tracheostomy from January 2011 to December 2020 in a Chinese tertiary hospital.

Methods

Tracheostomy timing was divided into three groups: early tracheostomy (ET), intermediate tracheostomy (IMT), and late tracheostomy (LT), based on the duration from tracheal intubation to tracheostomy. We established two criteria to classify the timing of tracheostomy for data analysis: Criteria I (ET ≤ 5 days, 5 days < IMT ≤ 10 days, LT > 10 days) and Criteria II (ET ≤ 7 days, 7 days < IMT ≤ 14 days, LT > 14 days). Parameters such as length of ICU stay, length of hospital stay, and duration of MV were used to evaluate outcomes. Additionally, the outcomes were categorized as good prognosis, poor prognosis, and death based on the manner of hospital discharge. Student’s t-test, analysis of variance (ANOVA), Mann–Whitney U test, Kruskal–Wallis test, Chi-square test, and Fisher’s exact test were employed as appropriate to assess differences in demographic data and individual characteristics among the ET, IMT, and LT groups. Univariate Cox regression model and multivariable Cox proportional hazards regression model were utilized to determine whether delaying tracheostomy would increase the risk of death.

Results

In both of two criterion, patients with delayed tracheostomies had longer hospital stays (p < 0.001), ICU stays (p < 0.001), total time receiving MV (p < 0.001), time receiving MV before tracheostomy (p < 0.001), time receiving MV after tracheostomy (p < 0.001), and sedation durations. Similar results were also found in sub-population diagnosed as trauma, neurogenic or digestive disorders. Multinomial Logistic regression identified LT was independently associated with poor prognosis, whereas ET conferred no clinical benefits compared with IMT.

Conclusions

In a mixed ICU population, delayed tracheostomy prolonged ICU and hospital stays, sedation durations, and time receiving MV. Multinomial logistic regression analysis identified delayed tracheostomies as independently correlated with worse outcomes.

Trial registration

ChiCTR2100043905. Registered 05 March 2021.http://​www.​chictr.​org.​cn/​listbycreater.​aspx
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Metadata
Title
The impact of delayed tracheostomy on critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation: a retrospective cohort study in a chinese tertiary hospital
Authors
Jie Zhao
Wei Zheng
Nan-xian Xuan
Qi-chao Zhou
Wei-bing Wu
Wei Cui
Bao-ping Tian
Publication date
01-12-2024
Publisher
BioMed Central
Keyword
Tracheostomy
Published in
BMC Anesthesiology / Issue 1/2024
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2253
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12871-024-02411-1

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