Comparison of current study results to other published series in the literature
| Turri-Zanoni et al20 | Zhang et al21 | Broderick et al22 | Angel et al23 | Chao et al29 | Floyd et al24 | Current study | |
| Study period | 2/24–3/15 | 1/23–4/6 | – | 3/10–4/15 | – | 4/1–4/30 | 3/1–6/30 |
| Study location | Varese, Italy | Wuhan, China | Manchester, UK | New York, USA | Philadelphia, USA | New York, USA | Denver/Aurora, USA |
| Number of patients | 32 | 11 | 10 | 98 | 53 | 38 | 26 |
| Time from intubation to tracheostomy in days (mean±SD or (range)) | 15 (9–21) | 17 (6–36) | 17±5 | 11±5 | 20±7 | 24 (20–28) | 25±5 |
| Percutaneous | 10 (31%) | 6 (55%) | 0 | 98 (100%)* | 19 (55%) | 0 | 26 (100%) |
| Complications | |||||||
| Bleeding | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 (5%) | 1 (2%) | 4 (11%) | 2 (8%) |
| Wound infection | 0 | 2 (18%) | 0 | – | 1 (2%) | 0 | 0 |
| Follow-up after tracheostomy in days (mean±SD or (range))) | 21 (8–37) | – | 14±7 | 11±6 | – | – | 49±23 |
| Ventilator support at discharge or follow-up, n (%) | |||||||
| Full support | – | – | 1 (10%) | 40 (41%) | – | – | 3 (12%) |
| Partial support | – | – | 2 (20%) | 19 (19%) | – | – | 2 (8%) |
| No ventilatory support | – | 9 (82%) | 7 (70%) | 32 (33%) | 30 (57%) | 21 (55%) | 21 (81%) |
| Time to liberation from ventilator (mean±SD or (range)) | – | 7 (2–19) | – | – | 12±7 | 10 | 9±6 |
| Tracheostomy status, n (%) | |||||||
| Downsized | – | – | – | 19 (19%) | 14 (26%) | 7 (18%) | 18 (73%) |
| Decannulated | 1 (3%) | – | 6 (60%) | 8 (8%) | 7 (13%) | 16 (65%) | |
| Time to decannulation (mean±SD) | – | – | 10±4 | 17±5 | 14 | 20±10 | |
| Disposition | |||||||
| Deceased | 5 (16%) | 0 | 0 | 7 (7%) | 6 (11%) | 2 (5%) | 4 (15%) |
| ICU | – | – | 4 (40%) | 76 (78%) | – | – | 0 |
| Non-critical care | – | – | 4 (40%) | 11 (11%) | – | – | 0 |
| Discharged | – | – | 2 (20%) | 4 (4%) | 16 (30%) | – | 22 (85%) |
*Majority performed using a “novel” percutaneous dilation technique.
ICU, intensive care unit.