11 August 2020 : Original article
Tracheostomy Post Liver Transplant: Predictors, Complications, and Outcomes
Ryan C. Graham1ABCEF, Weston J. Bush2BCD, Jeffrey S. Mella3AB, Jonathan A. Fridell4DE, Burcin Ekser4DE, Plamen Mihaylov4DE, Chandrashekhar A. Kubal4DE, Richard S. Mangus4ABCDEF*DOI: 10.12659/AOT.920630
Ann Transplant 2020; 25:e920630
Table 1 Demographic data for liver transplant patients who did or did not require tracheostomy for respiratory failure in the first 6-months post transplant.
| Overall | No tracheostomy | Tracheostomy | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 (95.2%) | 98 (4.8%) | ||
| Recipient characteristics | |||
| MELD (median (SD)) | 18 (7) | 22 (9) | <0.001 |
| Gender male | 67% | 66% | 0.88 |
| Race | |||
| White | 89% | 90% | 0.38 |
| Black | 6% | 3% | |
| Other | 5% | 7% | |
| Age in years (median (SD)) | 55 (10) | 58 (11) | 0.02 |
| Body mass index (median (SD)) | 28.2 (5) | 26.5 (5) | <0.01 |
| Retransplant | 4% | 2% | 0.71 |
| Tobacco use | |||
| Never smoker | 53% | 48% | 0.41 |
| Former smoker | 47% | 52% | |
| Current smoker at transplant | 19% | 17% | 0.65 |
| Pack-years smoking* | |||
| Zero | 53% | 48% | 0.01 |
| 1 to 20 | 13% | 26% | |
| 20 to 40 | 25% | 21% | |
| >40 | 9% | 5% | |
| Hospital stay (days, median (SD)) | 10 (31) | 45 (64) | <0.001 |
| 1-year survival | 91% | 65% | <0.001 |
| * Pack-years is the number of years of smoking multiplied by the average number of packs of cigarettes per day. | |||