Risk factors for tracheostomy requirement in extremely low birth weight infants
Levit OL, Shabanova V, Bazzy-Asaad A, Bizzarro MJ, Bhandari V. Risk factors for tracheostomy requirement in extremely low birth weight infants. The Journal Of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine 2017, 31: 447-452. PMID: 28139937, DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2017.1287895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAirway ExtubationCase-Control StudiesFemaleGestational AgeHumansInfantInfant, Extremely Low Birth WeightInfant, Extremely PrematureInfant, NewbornIntubation, IntratrachealMalePregnancyRespiration, ArtificialRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsSeverity of Illness IndexTime FactorsTracheostomyConceptsLow birth weight infantsOdds of tracheostomyBirth weight infantsELBW infantsWeight infantsEndotracheal tubeRisk of tracheostomyPresence of comorbiditiesUse of steroidsCase-control studyConditional logistic regressionNumber of intubationsGreater cumulative exposureIntubation episodesTracheostomy requirementExtubation attemptGestational ageEpisodes/Risk factorsTracheostomyPrevious episodesCumulative exposurePoisson regressionCumulative daysInfants