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

U

University of Genova

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Neurological Disease
Heart Failure
Acute Respiratory Failure

Treatments

Procedure: Percutaneous tracheostomy

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

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

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Paolo Pelosi, professor

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