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Noninvasive ventilation as an alternative to endotracheal intubation during tracheotomy in advanced neuromuscular
David Orlikowski1, Hélène Prigent, Jésus Gonzales-Bermejo
1Service de Réanimation Médicale, Hôpital Raymond Poincaré, 104 Boulevard Raymond Poincaré, 92380 Garches, France. david.orlikowski@rpc.aphp.fr
Objective:
To compare conventional tracheotomy with endotracheal intubation to tracheotomy with noninvasive positive-pressure ventilation (NPPV) in advanced neuromuscular disease.
Methods:
This was a retrospective study of a historical cohort of patients tracheotomized while sedated and intubated versus patients tracheotomized under NPPV and local anesthesia. We recorded previous intubation difficulties, complications (eg, aspiration pneumonia), and hospital stay.
Results:
Conventional tracheotomy was performed in 7 patients. We performed tracheotomy during NPPV with local anesthesia in 13 patients. All but 3 patients had risk factors for difficult intubation. Hospital stay was 23.3 +/- 10.3 d in the conventional group and 25.3 +/- 12.9 d in the NPPV group (p = 0.87). The number of pneumonias was higher in the conventional-tracheotomy group (4 vs 1, p = 0.03).
Conclusion:
In neuromuscular patients, performing tracheotomy with NPPV and local anesthesia may help avoid endotracheal intubation and reduce morbidity.
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