Clinical Outcomes After Tracheostomy in Children With Single Ventricle Physiology: Collaborative Research From the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society Multicenter Cohort, 2010-2021.
Christopher W MastropietroPeter SassalosChristine M RileyKurt PiggottKiona Y AllenElizabeth PrenticeRaya SafaJason R BuckleyDavid K WerhoMartin WakehamArthur SmerlingAndrew R YatesIlias IliopoulosHitesh SandhuSaurabh ChiwaneAsaad BeshishDavid M KwiatkowskiSaul FloresSukumar Suguna NarashimhuluRohit LoombaChristine A CaponeFrancis PikeJohn M Costellonull nullPublished in: Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies (2024)
For children with single ventricle physiology who undergo tracheostomy, mortality risk is high and should be carefully considered when discussing tracheostomy as an option for these children. Favorable outcomes are possible, although thoughtful attention to patient selection and tracheostomy timing are likely necessary to achieve this goal.