Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Timing of tracheostomy as a determinant of weaning success in critically ill patients: a retrospective study. | Available online http content 9 1 R46 Re search Timing of tracheostomy as a determinant of weaning success in critically ill patients a retrospective study Chia-Lin Hsu1 Kuan-Yu Chen1 Chia-Hsuin Chang2 Jih-Shuin Jerng1 Chong-Jen Yu3 and Pan-Chyr Yang4 Open Access Division of Pulmonary Medicine Department of Internal Medicine National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei Taiwan 2Division of General Medicine Department of Internal Medicine National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei Taiwan 3Assistant Professor Division of Pulmonary Medicine Department of Internal Medicine National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei Taiwan 4Professor Division of Pulmonary Medicine Department of Internal Medicine National Taiwan University Hospital Taipei Taiwan Corresponding author Kuan-Yu Chen kuanyu@ Received 28 July 2004 Revisions requested 16 September 2004 Revisions received 24 September 2004 Accepted 16 November 2004 Published 23 December 2004 Critical Care 2005 9 R46-R52 DOI cc3018 This article is online at http content 9 1 R46 2004 Hsu et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is cited. Abstract Introduction Tracheostomy is frequently performed in critically ill patients for prolonged intubation. However the optimal timing of tracheostomy and its impact on weaning from mechanical ventilation and outcomes in critically ill patients who require mechanical ventilation remain controversial. Methods The medical records of patients who underwent tracheostomy in the medical intensive care unit ICU of a tertiary medical centre from July 1998 to June 2001 were reviewed. Clinical characteristics length of stay in the ICU rates of post-tracheostomy pneumonia weaning from mechanical ventilation and mortality rates .
