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Early Tracheostomy Change in Neonates: Feasibility and Benefits.
Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2021 Februrary 24
OBJECTIVES: To compare outcomes of early and late tracheostomy change in neonatal patients. Early tracheostomy change (ETC) occurred 3 to 4 days after surgery, and late tracheostomy change (LTC) occurred 5 to 7 days after surgery.
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort.
SETTING: Tertiary neonatal/pediatric intensive care unit.
METHODS: A retrospective review of patients who underwent tracheostomy from 2015 to 2019 was performed for infants <1 year old. Data were recorded regarding age at tracheostomy, days until tracheostomy tube change, postoperative complications, and total number of days on sedative or paralytic drugs.
RESULTS: Forty-six patients were included: 18 (39%) were male, with a mean age of 140 days (SD, 78). Of these, 28 (61%) received ETC. There were no accidental decannulation events in either group. Wound breakdown developed in 4 (14%) patients with ETC versus 5 (28%) with LTC ( P = .3). Use of FlexTend tracheostomy tubes was associated with decreased odds of breakdown (odds ratio, 0.03; P = .01). Postoperatively, 46 (100%) patients received sedation, and 12 (26%) received paralysis. Mean duration of paralysis was 0.5 days in ETC as opposed to 2.2 days in LTC ( P = .02) on univariate analysis, but the significance was not maintained on multivariate regression ( P = .07).
CONCLUSIONS: ETC appears to be feasible in children less than a year of age. There does not appear to be an increased risk of accidental decannulation events or false passage tracts. Further investigations are warranted to investigate safety and possible impact on wound breakdown.
STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort.
SETTING: Tertiary neonatal/pediatric intensive care unit.
METHODS: A retrospective review of patients who underwent tracheostomy from 2015 to 2019 was performed for infants <1 year old. Data were recorded regarding age at tracheostomy, days until tracheostomy tube change, postoperative complications, and total number of days on sedative or paralytic drugs.
RESULTS: Forty-six patients were included: 18 (39%) were male, with a mean age of 140 days (SD, 78). Of these, 28 (61%) received ETC. There were no accidental decannulation events in either group. Wound breakdown developed in 4 (14%) patients with ETC versus 5 (28%) with LTC ( P = .3). Use of FlexTend tracheostomy tubes was associated with decreased odds of breakdown (odds ratio, 0.03; P = .01). Postoperatively, 46 (100%) patients received sedation, and 12 (26%) received paralysis. Mean duration of paralysis was 0.5 days in ETC as opposed to 2.2 days in LTC ( P = .02) on univariate analysis, but the significance was not maintained on multivariate regression ( P = .07).
CONCLUSIONS: ETC appears to be feasible in children less than a year of age. There does not appear to be an increased risk of accidental decannulation events or false passage tracts. Further investigations are warranted to investigate safety and possible impact on wound breakdown.
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