Tracheostomy-related indications, early complications and their predictors among patients in low resource settings: a prospective cohort study in the pre-COVID-19 era

• Published in: BMC surgery Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 59
• Main Authors: Nyanzi, Daniel J, Atwine, Daniel, Kamoga, Ronald, Birungi, Caroline, Nansubuga, Caroline A, Nyaiteera, Victoria, Nakku, Doreen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 18.03.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Airway management; Bivariate analysis; Child; Cohort analysis; Comparative analysis; Complications; Consent; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; Demographics; Early complications; Hospitals; Humans; Incidence; Indication; Intensive care; Intubation; Male; Medical records; Medical referrals; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Multivariate analysis; Nurses; Ostomy; Otolaryngology; Patients; Postoperative Complications - epidemiology; Postoperative Complications - etiology; Pre-Covid-19; Prospective Studies; Quality of Life; Questionnaires; Regression analysis; Retrospective Studies; Standardization; Tracheostomy; Tracheostomy - adverse effects; Tracheostomy - methods; Tracheotomy; Uganda; Early complications; Tracheostomy; Pre-Covid-19; Indication; Incidence

Tracheostomy is a life-saving procedure whose outcomes may vary between hospitals based on disparities in their existing expertise. We aimed at establishing the indications, early tracheostomy-related complications and their associated factors in Uganda. In a prospective cohort study, we consecutive...