Association between early tracheostomy and patient outcomes in critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation: a multicenter cohort study.
Aiko TanakaAkinori UchiyamaTetsuhisa KitamuraRyota SakaguchiSho KomukaiTasuku MatsuyamaTakeshi YoshidaNatsuko TokuhiraNaoya IguchiYuji FujinoPublished in: Journal of intensive care (2022)
This multi-institutional observational study demonstrated that the timing of tracheostomy was significantly and independently associated with hospital mortality in a stepwise manner. Thus, early tracheostomy may be beneficial for patient outcomes, including mortality, and warrants further investigation.