Timing of tracheostomy and patient outcomes in critically ill patients requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a single-center retrospective observational study.
Ryota NukiwaAkinori UchiyamaAiko TanakaTetsuhisa KitamuraRyota SakaguchiYoshimitsu ShimomuraSuguru IshigakiYusuke EnokidaniTomonori YamashitaYukiko KoyamaTakeshi YoshidaNatsuko TokuhiraNaoya IguchiYasushi ShintaniShigeru MiyagawaYuji FujinoPublished in: Journal of intensive care (2022)
The timing of tracheostomy in patients requiring ECMO was significantly associated with patient outcomes in a time-dependent manner. Further investigation is warranted to determine the optimal timing of tracheostomy in terms of mortality.