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Confirmation of no causal relationship between tracheotomy and aspiration status: a direct replication study.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19653040     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Debate continues regarding an association between tracheotomy and aspiration status. The aim of this research was to perform a direct replication study to investigate further the causal relationship, if any, between tracheotomy and aspiration. Twenty-five consecutive adult hospitalized patients participated. Inclusion criteria were a pretracheotomy dysphagia evaluation, subsequent tracheotomy and tracheotomy tube placement, then a post-tracheotomy dysphagia reevaluation prior to decannulation. Twenty-two (88%) participants exhibited the same aspiration status or resolved aspiration pre- versus post-tracheotomy. Three participants exhibited new aspiration post-tracheotomy due to worsening medical conditions. Conversely, four participants exhibited resolved aspiration post-tracheotomy due to improved medical conditions. Excluding these seven participants, all nine participants who aspirated pretracheotomy also aspirated post-tracheotomy and all nine participants who did not aspirate pretracheotomy also did not aspirate post-tracheotomy (P > 0.05). No statistically significant differences were found between aspiration status and days since tracheotomy (chi (2) = 0.08, P > 0.05) or between age and aspiration status (P > 0.05). The absence of a causal relationship between tracheotomy and aspiration status was confirmed.
Authors:
Steven B Leder; Douglas A Ross
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2009-08-04
Journal Detail:
Title:  Dysphagia     Volume:  25     ISSN:  1432-0460     ISO Abbreviation:  Dysphagia     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-03-29     Completed Date:  2010-08-09     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8610856     Medline TA:  Dysphagia     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  35-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520-8041, USA. steven.leder@yale.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Deglutition Disorders / diagnosis,  epidemiology
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pneumonia, Aspiration / diagnosis,  epidemiology*
Reproducibility of Results
Severity of Illness Index
Tracheotomy / statistics & numerical data*

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