Flowchart for selecting an appropriate surgical airway in neurologically impaired pediatric intubated patients: a case series

•Survival rate of severely impaired children requiring tracheostomy is increasing.•Appropriate surgical airway selection in intubated children is difficult.•We designed a flowchart for surgical airway selection in intubated pediatric patients.•Effectiveness of the flowchart for selecting a surgical...

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Veröffentlicht in:Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngology 2023-09, Vol.89 (5), p.101290-101290, Article 101290
Hauptverfasser: Imaizumi, Mitsuyoshi, Suyama, Kazuhide, Goto, Aya, Hosoya, Mitsuaki, Murono, Shigeyuki
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Zusammenfassung:•Survival rate of severely impaired children requiring tracheostomy is increasing.•Appropriate surgical airway selection in intubated children is difficult.•We designed a flowchart for surgical airway selection in intubated pediatric patients.•Effectiveness of the flowchart for selecting a surgical airway was demonstrated.•Pediatricians and caregivers will be able to select an appropriate surgical airway. Medical advances have resulted in increased survival rates of neurologically impaired children who may require mechanical ventilation and subsequent tracheostomy as a surgical airway. However, at present, there is no definite consensus regarding the timing and methods for placement of a surgical airway in a neurologically impaired intubated child who needs to be cared for over a long-term period. We therefore created a flowchart for the selection of a surgical airway for Neurologically Impaired Pediatric Patients (NIPPs). The flowchart includes information on the patients’ backgrounds, such as intubation period, prognosis related to reversibility, and history of aspiration pneumonia. To evaluate the importance of the flowchart, first we conducted a survey of pediatricians regarding selection of a surgical airway, and we also evaluated the appropriateness of the flowchart among pediatricians and caregivers through questionnaire surveys which include satisfaction with the decision-making process, and postoperative course after discharge. A total of 21 NIPPs with intubation underwent surgery and a total of 24 participants (14 pediatricians and 10 caregivers) completed the survey. The answers regarding the importance of the flowchart showed that eleven pediatricians had experience selecting of surgical airways, nine of whom had had experiences in which they had to make a difficult decision. The answers regarding the appropriateness of the flowchart revealed that all pediatricians and caregivers were satisfied with the decision-making process and postoperative course after discharge using the flowchart. The present study demonstrated the effectiveness of our flowchart for selecting an appropriate surgical airway in NIPP. By referring to our flowchart, pediatricians and caregivers are likely to be able to select an appropriate surgical airway, leading to increased satisfaction with the decision-making process and postoperative course. 4.
ISSN:1808-8694
1808-8686
1808-8686
DOI:10.1016/j.bjorl.2023.101290