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Utilisation of tracheostomy in patients with COVID-19 in England: patient characteristics, timing and outcomes (preprint)
authorea preprints; 2021.
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in English
| PREPRINT-AUTHOREA PREPRINTS | ID: ppzbmed-10.22541.au.163890824.40590327.v1
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
We aimed to characterise the use of tracheostomy procedures for all COVID-19 critical care patients in England and to understand how patient factors and timing of tracheostomy affected outcomes.Design:
A retrospective observational study using exploratory analysis of hospital administrative data.Setting:
All 500 National Health Service hospitals in England.Participants:
All hospitalised COVID-19 patients aged ≥ 18 years in England between March 1st and October 31st, 2020 were included. Main outcomes andmeasures:
This was a retrospective exploratory analysis using the Hospital Episode Statistics administrative dataset. Multilevel modelling was used to explore the relationship between demographic factors, comorbidity and use of tracheostomy and the association between tracheostomy use, tracheostomy timing and the outcomes.Results:
In total, 2,200 hospitalised COVID-19 patients had a tracheostomy. Tracheostomy utilisation varied substantially across the study period, peaking in April-June 2020. In multivariable modelling, for those admitted to critical care, tracheostomy was most common in those aged 40-79 years, in males and in people of Black and Asian ethnic groups and those with a history of cerebrovascular disease. In critical care patients, tracheostomy was associated with lower odds of mortality (OR 0.514 (95% CI 0.443 to 0.596), but greater length of stay (OR 41.143 (95% CI 30.979 to 54.642). In patients that survived, earlier timing of tracheostomy (≤ 14 days post admission to critical care) was significantly associated with shorter length of stay.Conclusions:
Tracheostomy is safe and advantageous for critical care COVID-19 patients. Early tracheostomy may be associated with better outcomes, such as shorter length of stay, compared to late tracheostomy.
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Main subject:
Cerebrovascular Disorders
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Delayed Emergence from Anesthesia
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COVID-19
Language:
English
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Preprint
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