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Indications and Outcome of Tracheostomy in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria: 10 Years Review
BACKGROUND: The study aims to highlight common indications as well as outcome of treatment among patients with tracheostomy in Ilorin, North-Central Nigeria. METHODS: A review of clinical records of all patients with tracheostomy over a period of ten years (2002-2011), using the Theatre, Ward, ICU a...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5810086/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29363628 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_130_16 |
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author | Alabi, B. S. Afolabi, O. A. Dunmade, A. D. Omokanye, H. K. Ajayi, I. O. Ayodele, S. O. Busari, N. O. |
author_facet | Alabi, B. S. Afolabi, O. A. Dunmade, A. D. Omokanye, H. K. Ajayi, I. O. Ayodele, S. O. Busari, N. O. |
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description | BACKGROUND: The study aims to highlight common indications as well as outcome of treatment among patients with tracheostomy in Ilorin, North-Central Nigeria. METHODS: A review of clinical records of all patients with tracheostomy over a period of ten years (2002-2011), using the Theatre, Ward, ICU and the emergency register after approval from the ethical review committee. Data retrieved included; demographic profile, primary diagnosis, indication for tracheostomy, surgical technique, hospital admission and care outcome of management. All information retrieved input and analysed using an SPSS version 17.0 and data analyzed descriptively. RESULTS: Seventy-six patients had complete data for analysis, age range from 1-89yrs, and mean age of 41.9yrs. There are 48males and 28 females with M:F ratio of 1.6:1. Majority of the patients were in the 3rd–5th decade. About 47.4% had temporary tracheostomy. The commonest indication for tracheostomy is upper airway obstruction secondary to aerodigestive tract tumors in 60.5%, then trauma in 26.3%. The complications are higher among the under tens’. Out of the 36 temporary tracheostomy only 18 were successfully decannulated. The mean hospital stay was 22±2days. Overall 15% mortality was recorded. CONCLUSION: Common reason for tracheostomy is essentially same earlier documentation in developing countries, common among males, emergency type still most common, neoplasm, prolonged intubation and trauma are the commonest indications, its complication is still high among the under tens’. The outcome is good with 15% mortality due to the primary disease and not from tracheostomy. |
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spelling | pubmed-58100862018-02-16 Indications and Outcome of Tracheostomy in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria: 10 Years Review Alabi, B. S. Afolabi, O. A. Dunmade, A. D. Omokanye, H. K. Ajayi, I. O. Ayodele, S. O. Busari, N. O. Ann Afr Med Original Article BACKGROUND: The study aims to highlight common indications as well as outcome of treatment among patients with tracheostomy in Ilorin, North-Central Nigeria. METHODS: A review of clinical records of all patients with tracheostomy over a period of ten years (2002-2011), using the Theatre, Ward, ICU and the emergency register after approval from the ethical review committee. Data retrieved included; demographic profile, primary diagnosis, indication for tracheostomy, surgical technique, hospital admission and care outcome of management. All information retrieved input and analysed using an SPSS version 17.0 and data analyzed descriptively. RESULTS: Seventy-six patients had complete data for analysis, age range from 1-89yrs, and mean age of 41.9yrs. There are 48males and 28 females with M:F ratio of 1.6:1. Majority of the patients were in the 3rd–5th decade. About 47.4% had temporary tracheostomy. The commonest indication for tracheostomy is upper airway obstruction secondary to aerodigestive tract tumors in 60.5%, then trauma in 26.3%. The complications are higher among the under tens’. Out of the 36 temporary tracheostomy only 18 were successfully decannulated. The mean hospital stay was 22±2days. Overall 15% mortality was recorded. CONCLUSION: Common reason for tracheostomy is essentially same earlier documentation in developing countries, common among males, emergency type still most common, neoplasm, prolonged intubation and trauma are the commonest indications, its complication is still high among the under tens’. The outcome is good with 15% mortality due to the primary disease and not from tracheostomy. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5810086/ /pubmed/29363628 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_130_16 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Annals of African Medicine http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Alabi, B. S. Afolabi, O. A. Dunmade, A. D. Omokanye, H. K. Ajayi, I. O. Ayodele, S. O. Busari, N. O. Indications and Outcome of Tracheostomy in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria: 10 Years Review |
title | Indications and Outcome of Tracheostomy in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria: 10 Years Review |
title_full | Indications and Outcome of Tracheostomy in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria: 10 Years Review |
title_fullStr | Indications and Outcome of Tracheostomy in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria: 10 Years Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Indications and Outcome of Tracheostomy in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria: 10 Years Review |
title_short | Indications and Outcome of Tracheostomy in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria: 10 Years Review |
title_sort | indications and outcome of tracheostomy in ilorin, north central nigeria: 10 years review |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5810086/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29363628 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/aam.aam_130_16 |
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