Tracheostomy in pediatric critically ill patients
| Autor: | Gustavo Caprotta, Judith Frydman, Ximena Chávez, Martin Tiszler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Mechanical ventilation
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Critically ill medicine.medical_treatment Airway obstruction Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine medicine.disease Intensive care unit Article law.invention Respiratory failure law Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Emergency medicine Medicine Observational study Airway management Cardiopulmonary resuscitation business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Intensive Care. :201-205 |
| ISSN: | 2146-4626 2146-4618 |
| DOI: | 10.3233/pic-12033 |
| Popis: | The indications for and timing of tracheostomy in children have changed significantly over recent years, and no consensus has been gathered in that regard. The purpose of this study is to present a series of critically ill patients who required a tracheostomy. All critically ill patients required a tracheostomy between 1 June 2009 and 31 March 2012. It is a retrospective, observational, descriptive study. A total of 18 patients underwent tracheostomy during the period under study. The most common indication was neuromuscular compromise. The average duration of mechanical ventilation before placement of a tracheostomy was 23.8 days (0–58 days). The complications observed were minor, and no patients died from tracheostomy-related causes. All parents were trained in airway management and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. There were no serious tracheostomy-related complications in critically ill pediatric patients. The procedure was effective in the management of patients with respiratory failure, patients with neuromuscular compromise and children with upper airway obstruction. |
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