The Association of Timing of Tracheostomy and Survival of Patients with COVID-19

Toshiki Kuno; Yoshihisa Miyamoto; Matsuo So; Masao Iwagami; Mai Takahashi; Natalia N Egorova

doi:10.1007/s12070-021-02966-2

The Association of Timing of Tracheostomy and Survival of Patients with COVID-19

Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2022 Oct;74(Suppl 2):3213-3215. doi: 10.1007/s12070-021-02966-2. Epub 2021 Oct 30.

Authors

Toshiki Kuno¹, Yoshihisa Miyamoto², Matsuo So³, Masao Iwagami⁴, Mai Takahashi³, Natalia N Egorova⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein Medical College, 111 East 210th St, Bronx, NY 10467-2401 USA.
² Division of Nephrology and Endocrinology, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
³ Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, New York, USA.
⁴ Department of Health Services Research, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
⁵ Department of Population Health Science and Policy, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA.

Abstract

Tracheostomy is performed for critically ill patients with prolonged endotracheal intubation including COVID-19 to mitigate the risk of airway complications. We analyzed the difference in mortality of COVID-19 patients undergoing early tracheostomy within 14 days of intubation compared to later tracheostomy than 14 days after intubation. The mortality was not significantly higher in early tracheostomy compared to later tracheostomy.

Keywords: COVID-19; Mortality; Tracheostomy.