A multidisciplinary chronic lung disease team in a neonatal intensive care unit is associated with increased survival to discharge of infants with tracheostomy.

Taylor P HansenJanelle R Noel-MacDonnellSara KuckelmanMichael NorbergWilliam TruogWinston M Manimtim

Published in: Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association (2021)

Over time, mortality improved for infants with tracheostomy cared for by a multidisciplinary severe BPD/CLD team. Secondary pulmonary hypertension was associated with tracheostomy, or death, or tracheostomy + death.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
pulmonary hypertension
quality improvement
palliative care
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
preterm infants
cardiovascular events
type diabetes
risk factors
pulmonary artery
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
free survival