select ad.sno,ad.journal,ad.title,ad.author_names,ad.abstract,ad.abstractlink,j.j_name,vi.* from articles_data ad left join journals j on j.journal=ad.journal left join vol_issues vi on vi.issue_id_en=ad.issue_id where ad.sno_en='49771' and ad.lang_id='9' and j.lang_id='9' and vi.lang_id='9' Nasotracheal Prolonged Safe Extubation Reduces the Need of T | 49771
అనస్థీషియా & క్లినికల్ రీసెర్చ్

అనస్థీషియా & క్లినికల్ రీసెర్చ్
అందరికి ప్రవేశం

ISSN: 2155-6148

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Nasotracheal Prolonged Safe Extubation Reduces the Need of Tracheotomy in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure following Thyroidectomy

Fausto Ferraro, Domenico Testa, Annarita Torino, Luigi Santini, Gaetano Motta, Antonella Pansini, Maria Carmela Capoluongo, Pierluigi Fusco, Giuseppe Signoriello, Giovanni Conzo and Raffaele Marfella

Objectives: Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a complication following thyroid surgery; its incidence is reported as high as 0.9%. Through an illustrative case series, we present an alternative treatment of this peculiar ARF: the nasotracheal Prolonged Safe Extubation (PSE).

Methods: Patients treated at our Intensive Care Unit for ARF following thyroid surgery from January 2004 to December 2009, were reviewed. Demographic data including gender, age, clinical presentation, laryngoscopic findings, management and outcome during a 24-months follow-up after treatment were collected and evaluated. The strategy for prolonged nasotracheal safe extubation is presented.

Results: Twelve out of the 1713 patients scheduled for thyroid surgery (0.7%) at our university hospital, developed post-operative ARF. All of them were treated by nasotracheal prolonged safe extubation. The success rate in avoiding highly invasive treatment was of 83.3%, since only 2 patients needed tracheotomy (16.7%).

Conclusions: The prolonged safe extubation reduced the amount of expected tracheotomies in patients with ARF following thyroid surgery. Thanks to its minimal invasiveness, and to the high degree of comfort, it was well tolerated.

నిరాకరణ: ఈ సారాంశం కృత్రిమ మేధస్సు సాధనాలను ఉపయోగించి అనువదించబడింది మరియు ఇంకా సమీక్షించబడలేదు లేదా ధృవీకరించబడలేదు.
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