Practice of tracheostomy in patients with acute respiratory failure related to COVID-19 - Insights from the PRoVENT-COVID study

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OBJECTIVE: Invasively ventilated patients with acute respiratory failure related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) potentially benefit from tracheostomy. The aim of this study was to determine the practice of tracheostomy during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020 in the Netherlands, to ascertain whether timing of tracheostomy had an association with outcome, and to identify factors that had an association with timing.

METHODS: Secondary analysis of the 'PRactice of VENTilation in COVID-19' (PRoVENT-COVID) study, a multicenter observational study, conducted from March 1, 2020 through June 1, 2020 in 22 Dutch intensive care units (ICU) in the Netherlands. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients receiving tracheostomy; secondary endpoints were timing of tracheostomy, duration of ventilation, length of stay in ICU and hospital, mortality, and factors associated with timing.

RESULTS: Of 1023 patients, 189 patients (18.5%) received a tracheostomy at median 21 [17 to 28] days from start of ventilation. Timing was similar before and after online publication of an amendment to the Dutch national guidelines on tracheostomy focusing on COVID-19 patients (21 [17-28] vs. 21 [17-26] days). Tracheostomy performed ≤ 21 days was independently associated with shorter duration of ventilation (median 26 [21 to 32] vs. 40 [34 to 47] days) and higher mortality in ICU (22.1% vs. 10.2%), hospital (26.1% vs. 11.9%) and at day 90 (27.6% vs. 14.6%). There were no patient demographics or ventilation characteristics that had an association with timing of tracheostomy.

CONCLUSIONS: Tracheostomy was performed late in COVID-19 patients during the first wave of the pandemic in the Netherlands and timing of tracheostomy possibly had an association with outcome. However, prospective studies are needed to further explore these associations. It remains unknown which factors influenced timing of tracheostomy in COVID-19 patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Pulmonology - 28(2022), 1 vom: 15. Jan., Seite 18-27

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Tsonas, A M [VerfasserIn]
Botta, M [VerfasserIn]
Horn, J [VerfasserIn]
Brenner, M J [VerfasserIn]
Teng, M S [VerfasserIn]
McGrath, B A [VerfasserIn]
Schultz, M J [VerfasserIn]
Paulus, F [VerfasserIn]
Serpa Neto, A [VerfasserIn]
PRoVENT–COVID Collaborative Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ARDS
Acute respiratory failure
Coronavirus 2019
Covid-19
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Observational Study
SARS-COV-2
Tracheostomy
Ventilation management

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 01.02.2022

Date Revised 01.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.pulmoe.2021.08.012

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NLM33373954X