In-hospital mortality, demographic and hospital discharge characteristics of infants and children undergoing tracheotomy, Kids' Inpatient Database 1997, 2000, 2003 and 2006
| Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | 1997 | 2000 | 2003 | 2006 | p Value* |
| Number of tracheotomy operations (SE)† | 4322 (232) | 4511 (228) | 4502 (232) | 4751 (247) | 0.7 |
| In-hospital mortality | |||||
| % Of patients who died during the hospitalisation when tracheotomy was performed (SE) | 7.7% (0.7) | 7.9% (0.7) | 7.8% (0.5) | 8.5% (0.5) | 0.7 |
| Median number of days between tracheotomy and death (IQR)‡ | 27 (9–56) | 17 (4–47) | 22 (6–55) | 26 (9–59) | <0.001 |
| % Of all deaths within 14 days of tracheotomy placement (SE)‡ | 30.9% (3.7) | 48.2% (4.2) | 36.4% (3.4) | 36.5% (3.3) | <0.001 |
| Age at admission for tracheotomy | |||||
| Median age in years (IQR) | 4.0 (0–15) | 2.0 (0–14) | 2.0 (0–14) | 1.0 (0–14) | <0.001 |
| Insurance use and gender | |||||
| Public insurance use (SE) | 43.1% (1.7) | 41.0% (1.8) | 48.4% (1.6) | 51.1% (1.5) | <0.001 |
| Male gender (SE) | 63.1% (1.2) | 58.7% (1.2) | 60.7% (1.0) | 58.2% (1.0) | 0.008 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White (SE) | 41.0% (2.8) | 45.3% (2.2) | 36.1% (2.1) | 37.6% (2.1) | <0.01 |
| Non-Hispanic black (SE) | 16.4% (1.4) | 15.8% (1.3) | 15.8% (1.4) | 16.2% (1.3) | |
| Hispanic (SE) | 10.5% (1.5) | 14.5% (1.7) | 14.9% (1.6) | 15.8% (1.6) | |
| Other (SE) | 5.7% (0.7) | 8.0% (1.0) | 7.5% (0.8) | 8.2% (0.9%) | |
| Missing (SE) | 26.4% (3.5) | 16.4% (2.5) | 25.6% (3.3) | 22.1% (3.1%) | |
| Discharge disposition | |||||
| To home with home health nursing (SE) | 14.3% (1.8) | 15.8% (1.6) | 18.7% (1.5) | 21.4% (1.6) | <0.001 |
| Transfer to short-term hospital, skilled nursing or intermediate care facility (SE) | 35.1% (1.7) | 35.6% (1.7) | 34.0% (1.5) | 36.2% (1.6) | |
| To home without home health nursing (SE) | 42.8% (2.0) | 40.4% (1.9) | 38.3% (2.0) | 33.4% (1.8) | |
| Missing (SE) | 0% | <0.01% | 1.2% (0.1) | 0% | |