Risk Factors and In-Hospital Outcomes following Tracheostomy in Infants.
Journal Article (Journal Article;Multicenter Study)
OBJECTIVE: To describe the epidemiology, risk factors, and in-hospital outcomes of tracheostomy in infants in the neonatal intensive care unit. STUDY DESIGN: We analyzed electronic medical records from 348 neonatal intensive care units for the period 1997 to 2012, and evaluated the associations among infant demographics, diagnoses, and pretracheostomy cardiopulmonary support with in-hospital mortality. We also determined the trends in use of infant tracheostomy over time. RESULTS: We identified 885 of 887 910 infants (0.1%) who underwent tracheostomy at a median postnatal age of 72 days (IQR, 27-119 days) and a median postmenstrual age of 42 weeks (IQR, 39-46 weeks). The most common diagnoses associated with tracheostomy were bronchopulmonary dysplasia (396 of 885; 45%), other upper airway anomalies (202 of 885; 23%), and laryngeal anomalies (115 of 885; 13%). In-hospital mortality after tracheostomy was 14% (125 of 885). On adjusted analysis, near-term gestational age (GA), small for GA status, pulmonary diagnoses, number of days of forced fraction of inspired oxygen >0.4, and inotropic support before tracheostomy were associated with increased in-hospital mortality. The proportion of infants requiring tracheostomy increased from 0.01% in 1997 to 0.1% in 2005 (P < .001), but has remained stable since. CONCLUSION: Tracheostomy is not commonly performed in hospitalized infants, but the associated mortality is high. Risk factors for increased in-hospital mortality after tracheostomy include near-term GA, small for GA status, and pulmonary diagnoses.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Lee, JH; Smith, PB; Quek, MBH; Laughon, MM; Clark, RH; Hornik, CP
Published Date
- June 2016
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 173 /
Start / End Page
- 39 - 44.e1
PubMed ID
- 26944265
Pubmed Central ID
- PMC4884502
Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
- 1097-6833
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.01.072
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States