Tracheotomy Outcomes in the Medical Intensive Care Unit

Arya W Namin; Brian P Kinealy; Brette C Harding; Mohammed M Alnijoumi; Laura M Dooley

Tracheotomy Outcomes in the Medical Intensive Care Unit

Mo Med. 2021 Mar-Apr;118(2):168-172.

Authors

Arya W Namin¹, Brian P Kinealy², Brette C Harding¹, Mohammed M Alnijoumi³, Laura M Dooley¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri.
² Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky.
³ Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Environmental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri.

PMID: 33840862
PMCID: PMC8029615

Abstract

This is a retrospective chart review of 161 MICU patients who underwent tracheotomy by the Otolaryngology service at the University of Missouri Hospital from April 2015 through March 2018. The objectives of this study were to describe long term outcomes of patients who underwent tracheotomy, and identify any clinical variables associated with these outcomes. One-year mortality was 37% (50/161), and on multivariate analysis only age (p=0.001) was associated with mortality.

MeSH terms

Humans
Intensive Care Units*
Retrospective Studies
Tracheotomy*