Hassan Iqbal, Aamir Rizwan, Tehsinul Hassan.
Incidence of Complications in Emergency Tracheostomy in Adult Patients.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;6(2):381-3.

Objective: To determine the frequency of various complications of emergency tracheostomy in adult patients visiting tertiary care facility. Material and methods: This descriptive study was carried out in the Department of Otolaryngology, Nishtar Hospital, Multan from April 2008 to October 2008. This study included 60 patients in whom emergency tracheostomy was performed. Results: The complications of emergency tracheostomy were observed among 23 (38.35%) patients. The complications like primary hemorrhage, apnea, cardiac arrest, surgical emphysema, stomal infection, disfiguring scar and tracheal stenosis were seen among 6(10%), 1(1.67%), 1(1.67%), 1(1.67%), 9 (15%), 4(6.67%) and 1(1.67%) patients, respectively. Conclusions: The incidence of complications of tracheostomy can be high even in tertiary care hospital. Infection is the most common followed by haemorrhage.

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