Outcome Evaluation of Patients After Percutaneous Tracheostomy Due to Respiratory Failure in an Intensive Care Unit

• Conditions: Respiratory Insufficiency
• Interventions: Procedure: Tracheostomy

• Registration Number: NCT01693705
• Lead Sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Brief Summary

To determine the morbidity and mortality of patients who have undergone percutaneous tracheostomy due to respiratory failure in the critical care unit and after intensive care in the internal medicine department, including follow-up of quality of life of these patients.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2012-09
• Study First Submitted: 2012-09-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-09-24
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-09-24
• Study First Posted: 2012-09-26
• Last Update Posted: 2012-09-26
• Study Start: 2012-10
• Primary Completion: 2013-04
• Study Completion: 2013-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 55

Inclusion Criteria

• Mechanically ventilated critical care patients

Exclusion Criteria

• All others

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Tracheostomy Patients	Tracheostomy	Critical care patients with respiratory failure who were mechanically ventilated and who underwent tracheostomy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of patients with tracheostomy due to respiratory failure who died	Six months	Retrospective review of charts showing increase in morbidity in patients with respiratory failure with tracheostomy taking place 2 weeks after admission to critical care

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Hadera, Israel