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Quality of Life and Complications After Percutaneous Tracheostomy

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Percutaneous Tracheostomy in Critically Ill Patients

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Subjects with chronic respiratory failure who receive invasive mechanical ventilation trough a tracheostomy outside an acute care facility usually express a high level of satisfaction with their lives, despite severe physical limitations. A proper assessment of health-care quality of life may help in deciding whether to give or withhold therapeutic interventions in these subjects. Percutaneous tracheostomies may be accompanied by a number of complications, which may be associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Health-care professionals of patients with tracheostomy should be aware of the risk factors for developing complications after tracheostomy and the impact of these complications on clinical outcomes. Multidisciplinary strategies are needed to optimize the clinical management of persons with a tracheostomy, preventing early or late complications.

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Bello, G., Di Muzio, F., Antonelli, M. (2016). Quality of Life and Complications After Percutaneous Tracheostomy. In: Servillo, G., Pelosi, P. (eds) Percutaneous Tracheostomy in Critically Ill Patients. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22300-1_15

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