Retrospective Cohort Study
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World J Methodol. Jun 20, 2024; 14(2): 91868
Published online Jun 20, 2024. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v14.i2.91868
Tracheostomy-related data from an intensive care unit for two consecutive years before the COVID-19 pandemic
Maria Papaioannou, Evdoxia Vagiana, Serafeim-Chrysovalantis Kotoulas, Maria Sileli, Katerina Manika, Alexandros Tsantos, Nikolaos Kapravelos
Maria Papaioannou, 1st Intensive Care Unit, G Papanikolaou General Hospital, Exohi, Thessaloniki 57010, Greece
Evdoxia Vagiana, Maria Sileli, Nikolaos Kapravelos, 2nd Intensive Care Unit, G Papanikolaou General Hospital, Exohi, Thessaloniki 57010, Greece
Serafeim-Chrysovalantis Kotoulas, Intensive Care Unit, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece
Katerina Manika, Department of Pulmonary, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, G. Papanikolaou General Hospital, Exohi, Thessaloniki 57010, Greece
Alexandros Tsantos, 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Thessaloniki “Ippokration”, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece
Author contributions: Papaioannou M and Vagiana E designed research; Vagiana E performed research; Manika K, Tsantos A, and Kapravelos N contributed new reagents or analytic tools; Kotoulas SC analyzed data; Papaioannou M, Sileli M, and Kotoulas SC wrote the paper; All authors contributed to the study, read and approved the final manuscript.
Institutional review board statement: All procedures performed in this study are in accordance with the ethical standards of the scientific council of the General Hospital of Thessaloniki “G. Papanikolaou”, reference number 1214.
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent about personal and medical data collection prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
Data sharing statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
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Corresponding author: Serafeim-Chrysovalantis Kotoulas, PhD, Consultant Physician-Scientist, Intensive Care Unit, Hippokration General Hospital, Kostantinoupoleos 49, Thessaloniki 54642, Greece. akiskotoulas@hotmail.com
Received: January 7, 2024
Revised: February 24, 2024
Accepted: April 12, 2024
Published online: June 20, 2024
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Core Tip

Core Tip: Performing a tracheostomy in critical care patients is a common procedure. We analyzed patients who were hospitalized for two consecutive years in an intensive care unit in a tertiary hospital, before the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. We recorded our findings in this observational study, associated with the timing and method of tracheostomy, the role of tracheostomy in weaning from the mechanical ventilation and the outcome. Our findings were quite consistent with the review of literature, but need to be confirmed by prospective studies. We hope that this study could contribute to a certain degree to the literature about tracheostomy.