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Long‐term Follow‐up of Infants Under Intensive Care with Tracheotomy During the Period 1956–1965
Author(s) -
Haglund G.,
Bjure J.,
Claesson I.,
EkströmJodal B.,
Hjalmarson O.,
Jansson G.,
Svanborg M.,
WerkmästerKollberg K.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1984.tb02035.x
Subject(s) - medicine , tracheotomy , intensive care , radiological weapon , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , surgery
Twenty‐seven infants who survived intensive care during early infancy in the pioneering period of neonatal intensive care (1956–1965) were investigated after 8–17 years. The selection criterion was maintenance of a tracheotomy for more than 15 days during the first 12 months of life. A variety of clinical, physiological, radiological and psychiatric sequelae was found. Respiratory symptoms were the dominating problem during the post‐tracheotomy period. The long‐term follow‐up revealed that these symptoms had a stong tendency to subside. At the time of the follow‐up, as many as 20 children (74%) did not experience any functional impairment.