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WEANING FROM TRACHEOSTOMY: A MULTICENTER, OBSERVATIONAL REVIEW OF PROCEDURES AND PROTOCOLS AND A RESTROSPECTIVE VALIDATION OF THE QSQ SCORING SYSTEM
In Brief
An observational study evaluating Decannulation for Tracheostomy Weaning and Tracheostomy Decannulation. Completed, enrolled 192 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Tracheostomy is a very common surgical procedure performed in critically ill patients on invasive mechanical ventilation, and usually performed in difficult-to-wean patients and whn prolonged mechanical ventilation is required. Weaning from the tracheostomy cannula (i.e. decannulation) represents one of the crucial steps in the post-acute respiratory management of these patients. Tracheostomy literature mainly focuses on the timing and technique of this procedure, but there is a lack of studies about decannulation and, currently, our knowledge is primarily based on expert opinion. The COVID-19 pandemic, due to the rapid increase in the number of patients exposed to prolonged mechanical ventilation, has stressed the need for objective parameters and shared standardized protocols to perform weaning from tracheostomy.
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retrospective evaluation of decannulation