Journal article
Trends in the use of tracheotomy in the pediatric patient: The Iowa experience
Head & neck, Vol.17(4), pp.328-333
07/1995
DOI: 10.1002/hed.2880170409
PMID: 7672973
Abstract
Background. The role of tracheotomy in airway management in children has been widely discussed. Improved medical care and technology have resulted in improved survival rates, and increased survival rates have been associated with changes in the indications for and the use of tracheotomy. The purpose of this review was to evaluate trends in the use of tracheotomy over a 15‐year period.
Methods. We reviewed the medical charts of patients who underwent tracheotomy from 1975 to 1989 and analyzed them over three 5‐year time intervals: Block 1, 1975–79; Block 2, 1980–84; and Block 3, 1985–89.
Results. In the defined age group, 305 patients underwent tracheotomy during the study period. Records from 281 patients were analyzed; the remaining charts either were unavailable for review or did not contain adequate documentation of the tracheotomy. We observed an increase in the number of tracheotomies over time, especially in the younger population. Across blocks, median age decreased, duration of tracheotomy increased, and indications for tracheotomy changed.
Conclusions. Mean age, duration of tracheotomy, and indications for tracheotomy changed over the 15‐year period. Additionally, these parameters were strongly related. © 1995 Jons Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Trends in the use of tracheotomy in the pediatric patient: The Iowa experience
- Creators
- Phyllis M PalmerJay M DuttonTimothy M McCullochRichard J. H Smith
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Head & neck, Vol.17(4), pp.328-333
- DOI
- 10.1002/hed.2880170409
- PMID
- 7672973
- NLM abbreviation
- Head Neck
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
- eISSN
- 1097-0347
- Publisher
- Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company; New York
- Number of pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/1995
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Anatomy and Cell Biology; Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Otolaryngology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984007298802771
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