OUTCOME OF EARLY TRACHEOSTOMY IN INTENSIVE CARE SETTING

  • DR. MUHAMMAD ILYAS Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore
  • DR. MUHAMMAD WAHID SALEEM Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore
  • DR. TARIQ ENVER Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore
  • DR. NAJAM-UL-HASNAIN KHAN Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore
  • DR. ISRAR AHMAD Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51642/ppmj.v24i1.240
Keywords: TRACHEOSTOMY, INTENSIVE CARE, OUTCOME, Neurological Deficit, Nosocomial Pneumonia

Abstract

Results of 130 tracheostomies performed with in 5 – 7 days of admission in intensive care unit with acute neurological deficit were collected, with nosocomial pneumonia and mortality within 28 days as outcome parameters. There were 37 deaths (28.5%) and 4 cases (3.1%) of nosocomial pneumonia in subjects. Early tracheostomy was found beneficial in patients admitted in intensive care unit.

Published
2013-12-01
Issue
Vol 24 No 1 (2013): Postgraduate Medical Journal
Section
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