TY - JOUR T1 - Long-Term Survival in Patients With Tracheostomy and Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation in Olmsted County, Minnesota JF - Respiratory Care SP - 1765 LP - 1770 DO - 10.4187/respcare.01096 VL - 56 IS - 11 AU - Marija Kojicic AU - Guangxi Li AU - Adil Ahmed AU - Lokendra Thakur AU - Cesar Trillo-Alvarez AU - Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba AU - Peter C Gay AU - Ognjen Gajic Y1 - 2011/11/01 UR - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/56/11/1765.abstract N2 - BACKGROUND: An increasing number of patients require prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV), which is associated with high morbidity and poor long-term survival, but there are few data regarding the incidence and outcome of PMV patients from a community perspective. METHODS: We retrospectively reviewed the electronic medical records of adult Olmsted county, Minnesota, residents admitted to the intensive care units at the 2 Mayo Clinic Rochester hospitals from January 1, 2003, to December 31, 2007, who underwent tracheostomy for PMV. RESULTS: Sixty-five patients, median age 68 years (interquartile range [IQR] 49–80 y), 39 male, underwent tracheostomy for PMV, resulting in an age-adjusted incidence of 13 (95% CI 10–17) per 100,000 patient-years at risk. The median number of days on mechanical ventilation was 24 days (IQR 18–37 d). Forty-six patients (71%) survived to hospital discharge, and 36 (55%) were alive at 1-year follow-up. After adjusting for age and baseline severity of illness, the presence of COPD was independently associated with 1-year mortality (hazard ratio 3.4, 95% CI 1.4–8.2%). CONCLUSIONS: There was a considerable incidence of tracheostomy for PMV. The presence of COPD was an independent predictor of 1-year mortality. ER -