Hilliary N White1, Dawn B Sharp, Paul F Castellanos. 1. Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: To describe the outcomes of bedside percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) extended to the care of high-risk patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) by the use of suspension laryngoscopy (SL) to secure the airway. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. METHODS: The records of 117 consecutive patients who underwent suspension laryngoscopy-assisted percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (SL-PDT) between April 2006 and May 2009 at our institution were reviewed. Data gathered included patient demographics, anatomical conditions, ventilator settings, intraoperative findings, presence of coagulopathy or anti-coagulation, and outcomes. RESULTS: One hundred seventeen patients underwent SL-PDT. Eighty (68%) were considered high risk by virtue of one or more of the following: morbid obesity, coagulopathy, prior neck surgery or head and neck trauma, laryngotracheal stenosis or tracheomalacia, a high-riding innominate artery, or high ventilator demands. Thirty-five patients (30%) had two or more of these risk factors. A total of 11 (13.7 %) complications occurred in the high-risk group. Two major and nine minor complications occurred during the study. There were no adverse sequelae. CONCLUSIONS: SL-PDT is a safe and effective means of bedside airway management in critically ill patients. This new technique offers several advantages over traditional percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (T-PDT) and can be safely employed by otolaryngologists, especially in high-risk patients. This is most useful when T-PDT is considered untenable or when transport to the operating room for a standard open tracheostomy is considered too cumbersome or potentially dangerous.
OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: To describe the outcomes of bedside percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) extended to the care of high-risk patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) by the use of suspension laryngoscopy (SL) to secure the airway. STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. METHODS: The records of 117 consecutive patients who underwent suspension laryngoscopy-assisted percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (SL-PDT) between April 2006 and May 2009 at our institution were reviewed. Data gathered included patient demographics, anatomical conditions, ventilator settings, intraoperative findings, presence of coagulopathy or anti-coagulation, and outcomes. RESULTS: One hundred seventeen patients underwent SL-PDT. Eighty (68%) were considered high risk by virtue of one or more of the following: morbid obesity, coagulopathy, prior neck surgery or head and neck trauma, laryngotracheal stenosis or tracheomalacia, a high-riding innominate artery, or high ventilator demands. Thirty-five patients (30%) had two or more of these risk factors. A total of 11 (13.7 %) complications occurred in the high-risk group. Two major and nine minor complications occurred during the study. There were no adverse sequelae. CONCLUSIONS: SL-PDT is a safe and effective means of bedside airway management in critically illpatients. This new technique offers several advantages over traditional percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (T-PDT) and can be safely employed by otolaryngologists, especially in high-risk patients. This is most useful when T-PDT is considered untenable or when transport to the operating room for a standard open tracheostomy is considered too cumbersome or potentially dangerous.
Authors: Hunter Skoog; Kirk Withrow; Harishanker Jeyarajan; Benjamin Greene; Hitesh Batra; Daniel Cox; Albert Pierce; Jessica W Grayson; William R Carroll Journal: Head Neck Date: 2020-04-29 Impact factor: 3.821