Pediatric bedside tracheostomy in the pediatric intensive care unit: six-year experience
In this study, we evaluated the experience of a single center pediatric intensive care unit in pediatric bedside tracheostomies performed during a six-year period. Thirty-one bedside tracheostomies were performed on 31 patients aged 2 months to 18 years. The major indication for tracheostomy...
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Hacettepe University Institute of Child Health
2008-08-01
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In this study, we evaluated the experience of a single center pediatric intensive care unit in pediatric bedside tracheostomies performed during a six-year period. Thirty-one bedside tracheostomies were performed on 31 patients aged 2 months to 18 years. The major indication for tracheostomy was prolonged ventilator dependence. Twenty-two complications, 6 major and 16 minor, were observed in 18 patients. Early complications were observed in 5 patients and all were managed immediately without serious outcomes. Ten patients died during the study period and only one death was directly related to the tracheostomy; the remaining 9 patients died due to their underlying disease. Eleven patients were successfully decannulated, 12 patients were discharged home with their tracheostomies and 5 of these 12 patients required home ventilation. Although children who required tracheostomy had a high overall mortality (32.3%), the prognosis of these patients depends primarily on the underlying medical condition.
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| spelling | doaj-art-607b4e01cac44b1ebbf137d8d8dd853f2025-08-20T02:01:57ZengHacettepe University Institute of Child HealthThe Turkish Journal of Pediatrics0041-43012791-64212008-08-01504Pediatric bedside tracheostomy in the pediatric intensive care unit: six-year experienceBülent Karapinar0Mehmet Tayyip ArslanCoşkun OzcanIntensive Care Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey. In this study, we evaluated the experience of a single center pediatric intensive care unit in pediatric bedside tracheostomies performed during a six-year period. Thirty-one bedside tracheostomies were performed on 31 patients aged 2 months to 18 years. The major indication for tracheostomy was prolonged ventilator dependence. Twenty-two complications, 6 major and 16 minor, were observed in 18 patients. Early complications were observed in 5 patients and all were managed immediately without serious outcomes. Ten patients died during the study period and only one death was directly related to the tracheostomy; the remaining 9 patients died due to their underlying disease. Eleven patients were successfully decannulated, 12 patients were discharged home with their tracheostomies and 5 of these 12 patients required home ventilation. Although children who required tracheostomy had a high overall mortality (32.3%), the prognosis of these patients depends primarily on the underlying medical condition. https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/2448 |
| spellingShingle | Bülent Karapinar Mehmet Tayyip Arslan Coşkun Ozcan Pediatric bedside tracheostomy in the pediatric intensive care unit: six-year experience The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics |
| title | Pediatric bedside tracheostomy in the pediatric intensive care unit: six-year experience |
| title_full | Pediatric bedside tracheostomy in the pediatric intensive care unit: six-year experience |
| title_fullStr | Pediatric bedside tracheostomy in the pediatric intensive care unit: six-year experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pediatric bedside tracheostomy in the pediatric intensive care unit: six-year experience |
| title_short | Pediatric bedside tracheostomy in the pediatric intensive care unit: six-year experience |
| title_sort | pediatric bedside tracheostomy in the pediatric intensive care unit six year experience |
| url | https://turkjpediatr.org/article/view/2448 |
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