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Larynx and Tracheotomy

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Larynx and Tracheotomy

Kollef MH, Ahrens TS, Shannon W (Washington Univ, St. Louis, Mo)

Clinical Predictors and Outcomes for Patients Requiring Tracheostomy in the Intensive Care Unit.

Crit Care Med 27: 1714-1720, 1999



The need for prolonged mechanical ventilation is the most common indication in ICU.



Five hundred twenty-one patients in ICU more than 12 hrs were studied prospectively. 51 patients (9.8%) had tracheostomy tube. The mortality rate in the tracheostomy group was 13.79% against 26.4% in non-tracheotomy group.



Early intervention is indicated in those patients whose clinical course us likely to be prolonged – risk factor -according to G.R. Holt.

Speciality Spotlight

Otolaryngology

Larynx and Tracheotomy

Kollef MH, Ahrens TS, Shannon W (Washington Univ, St. Louis, Mo)
Clinical Predictors and Outcomes for Patients Requiring Tracheostomy in the Intensive Care Unit.
Crit Care Med 27: 1714-1720, 1999

The need for prolonged mechanical ventilation is the most common indication in ICU.

Five hundred twenty-one patients in ICU more than 12 hrs were studied prospectively. 51 patients (9.8%) had tracheostomy tube. The mortality rate in the tracheostomy group was 13.79% against 26.4% in non-tracheotomy group.

Early intervention is indicated in those patients whose clinical course us likely to be prolonged – risk factor -according to G.R. Holt.

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