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 2 Subgroup analysis of 98 liver transplant patients with respiratory failure who required tracheostomy in the first 6-months post liver transplant.
Number | |
---|---|
98 (100%) | |
Days to tracheostomy post transplant (median (SD)) | 19 (35) |
Surgeon* | |
Transplant surgeon | 92 (94%) |
Other | 6 (6%) |
Days from tracheostomy to decanulation (median (SD)) | 46 (430) |
Died with tracheostomy | 18 (18%) |
** | |
Forced vital capacity (FVC, % of predicted) | 81% (20) |
Forced expiratory volume in 1 second | |
(FEV1,% of predicted) | 76% (18) |
FEV1/FVC (% of predicted) | 75% (8) |
Any complication related to tracheostomy | 19 (19%) |
Operative revision/post-operative hemorrhage | 4 |
Tracheocutaneous fistula/non-closure | 4 |
Bleeding requiring operative intervention | 5 |
Subcutaneous emphysema | 2 |
Pneumothorax/pneumomediastinum | 3 |
Intraoperative unstable atrial fibrillation (cardioverted) | 1 |
* 2 tracheostomies were performed percutaneously; ** 15 patients did not have PFT reports available. |