WEANING FROM TRACHEOSTOMY

Summary

Tracheostomy is a very common surgical procedure performed in critically ill patients on invasive mechanical ventilation, and usually performed in difficult-to-wean patients and whn prolonged mechanical ventilation is required.

Weaning from the tracheostomy cannula (i.e. decannulation) represents one of the crucial steps in the post-acute respiratory management of these patients. Tracheostomy literature mainly focuses on the timing and technique of this procedure, but there is a lack of studies about decannulation and, currently, our knowledge is primarily based on expert opinion. The COVID-19 pandemic, due to the rapid increase in the number of patients exposed to prolonged mechanical ventilation, has stressed the need for objective parameters and shared standardized protocols to perform weaning from tracheostomy.

Conditions

• Tracheostomy Weaning
• Tracheostomy Decannulation

Interventions

OTHER

Decannulation

retrospective evaluation of decannulation

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Dejan Radovanovic

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Marina Gatti

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Michele Mondoni

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Stefano Centanni

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Frascesco Blasi

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Andrea Gramegna

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Fabiano Di Marco

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Stefano Aliberti

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Humanitas Research Hospital IRCCS, Rozzano-Milan

  collaborator OTHER

• Ca' Granda Policlinico Milano

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo

  collaborator OTHER

• Ospedale Luigi Sacco Milano

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Papa Giovanni XXIII Bergamo

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Milan

  lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-04-01

Primary Completion

2023-11-30

Completion

2023-11-30

Countries

• Italy

Study Locations