From: Tracheostomy timing and the duration of weaning in patients with acute respiratory failure
Early tracheostomy (n = 21) | Selective tracheostomy (n = 53) | P value | |
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Clinical characteristics | |||
Gender, male | 15 (71%) | 34 (64%) | 0.55 |
Age (years) | 47 (33–58) | 47 (34–55) | 0.97 |
Multiple trauma victim | 17 (81%) | 31 (59%) | 0.07 |
Traumatic brain injury (trauma patients as denominator) | 14/17 (81%) | 15/31(52%) | 0.04 |
Number of days from intubation to readiness-to-wean criteria | 6 (4–7) | 4 (3–7) | 0.39 |
Number of days from readiness-to-wean criteria to starting weaning | 3 (1–4) | 1 (0–2) | 0.001 |
Clinical outcomes | |||
Number of days of mechanical ventilation | 11 (9–26) | 13 (8–21) | 0.86 |
Number of days weaning | 3 (1–11) | 6 (3–14) | 0.06 |
Tracheostomy | 21 (100%) | 25 (47%) | < 0.001 |
Fatigue during weaning | 7 (33%) | 29 (55%) | 0.10 |
Pneumonia | 3 (14%) | 17 (32%) | 0.12 |
Successful liberation from mechanical ventilation | 21 (100%) | 47 (89%) | 0.11 |
Lived | 21 (100%) | 48 (91%) | 0.15 |