Procedures and Follow-up of Percutaneous Tracheostomy in Intensive Care Unit

University of Genova

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Neurological Disease; Heart Failure; Acute Respiratory Failure

Treatments: Procedure: Percutaneous tracheostomy

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01792258

53/12

Details and patient eligibility

About

Tracheostomy is worldwide performed in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). According to the current literature, indication for percutaneous tracheostomy (PDT) in ICU are: difficult prolonged weaning, prolonged mechanical ventilation, loss of airway reflex, copious secretions, upper airway obstruction. Many studies have focused on the comparison between different PDT techniques and complication. The aim of our study is to evaluate the procedural features, complications, ICU mortality, quality of life, post-discharge mortality of patients undergoing different PDT techniques performed in ICU.

Enrollment: 200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 82 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• age >18
• indication for tracheostomy

Exclusion criteria

• infectious disease of neck

Trial design

200 participants in 1 patient group

critical ill patients

Description:

The investigator will enroll all the critical ill patients undergoing percutaneous tracheostomy performed in ICU

Treatment:

Procedure: Percutaneous tracheostomy