Comparative Study between Early Tracheostomy and Extended Endotracheal Intubation in Severe Head Injury

Background: The optimal tracheostomy time is considered a debatable issue for patients with severe Head injury in intensive care units [ICUs], which require mechanical ventilation [MV] for long period.The aim of the work: The current study aimed to investigate the effect of tracheostomy operation in...

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Autores principales: Hussein Abdelkader, Esmail Ramadan, Ahmed Elgarhy
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Publicado: Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Medicine (Damietta) 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/d9e13044866543678bd59b0d7be8333d
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Sumario:Background: The optimal tracheostomy time is considered a debatable issue for patients with severe Head injury in intensive care units [ICUs], which require mechanical ventilation [MV] for long period.The aim of the work: The current study aimed to investigate the effect of tracheostomy operation in early few days of admission on the length of mechanical ventilation [MV]. In addition, to determine outcomes and associated mortality rate.Patients and Methods: a prospective randomized Comparative clinical study included 200 patients admitted to ICU units of Al-Azhar university hospitals and El Haram hospital who had the following criteria: severe head injury, Cerebral trauma on and Glasgow Coma Scale [GCS] score 8 or less on the fourth day viewed by brain CT scan done without given any sedation. Divided into 2 groups on the fourth day of admission each group includes 100 patients, one group submitted to early Tracheostomy [ET] [group A] and the other group submitted to extended endotracheal intubation [EEI] [Group B].Results: There was shorter in the main period of the mechanical ventilatory support for group A than group B with statistically significant relationship p value=0.02.Their no remarkable difference in the occurrence of Nosocomial pneumonia between group A and group B. p value of Nosocomial pneumonia = 0.62.Conclusion: In severe head injury, ET significantly decreases the mechanical ventilation time.