Effect of early vs late tracheostomy placement on survival in patients receiving mechanical ventilation: the TracMan randomized trial
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Effect of early vs late tracheostomy placement on survival in patients receiving mechanical ventilation: the TracMan randomized trial
Abstract
Importance: Tracheostomy is a widely used intervention in adult critical care units. There is little evidence to guide clinicians regarding the optimal timing for this procedure.
Objective: To test whether early vs late tracheostomy would be associated with lower mortality in adult patients requiring mechanical ventilation in critical care units.
Design and setting: An open multicentered randomized clinical trial conducted between 2004 and 2011 involving 70 adult general and 2 cardiothoracic critical care units in 13 university and 59 nonuniversity hospitals in the United Kingdom.
Participants: Of 1032 eligible patients, 909 adult patients breathing with the aid of mechanical ventilation for less than 4 days and identified by the treating physician as likely to require at least 7 more days of mechanical ventilation.
Interventions: Patients were randomized 1:1 to early tracheostomy (within 4 days) or late tracheostomy (after 10 days if still indicated).
Main outcomes and measures: The primary outcome measure was 30-day mortality and the analysis was by intention to treat.
Results: Of the 455 patients assigned to early tracheostomy, 91.9% (95% CI, 89.0%-94.1%) received a tracheostomy and of 454 assigned to late tracheostomy, 44.9% (95% CI, 40.4%-49.5%) received a tracheostomy. All-cause mortality 30 days after randomization was 30.8% (95% CI, 26.7%-35.2%) in the early and 31.5% (95% CI, 27.3%-35.9%) in the late group (absolute risk reduction for early vs late, 0.7%; 95% CI, -5.4% to 6.7%). Two-year mortality was 51.0% (95% CI, 46.4%-55.6%) in the early and 53.7% (95% CI, 49.1%-58.3%) in the late group (P = .74). Median critical care unit length of stay in survivors was 13.0 days in the early and 13.1 days in the late group (P = .74). Tracheostomy-related complications were reported for 6.3% (95% CI, 4.6%-8.5%) of patients (5.5% in the early group, 7.8% in the late group).
Conclusions and relevance: For patients breathing with the aid of mechanical ventilation treated in adult critical care units in the United Kingdom, tracheostomy within 4 days of critical care admission was not associated with an improvement in 30-day mortality or other important secondary outcomes. The ability of clinicians to predict which patients required extended ventilatory support was limited.
Trial registration: isrctn.org Identifier: ISRCTN28588190.
Comment in
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When should a mechanically ventilated patient undergo tracheostomy?JAMA. 2013 May 22;309(20):2163-4. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.6014. JAMA. 2013. PMID: 23695486 No abstract available.
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Timing of tracheostomy.JAMA. 2013 Sep 25;310(12):1286. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.277954. JAMA. 2013. PMID: 24065017 No abstract available.
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Timing of tracheostomy.JAMA. 2013 Sep 25;310(12):1286-7. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.277960. JAMA. 2013. PMID: 24065018 No abstract available.
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Timing of tracheostomy--reply.JAMA. 2013 Sep 25;310(12):1287. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.277972. JAMA. 2013. PMID: 24065020 No abstract available.
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