Shady I Soliman, Bharat Akhanda Panuganti, David O Francis, John Pang, Dasha Klebaner, Alicia Asturias, Ali Alattar, Samuel Wood, Morgan Terry, Paul C Bryson, Courtney B Tipton, Elise E Zhao, Ashli O'Rourke, Chloe Santa Maria, David R Grimm, C Kwang Sung, Wilson P Lao, Jordan M Thompson, Brianna K Crawley, Sarah Rosen, Anna Berezovsky, Robbi Kupfer, Theresa B Hennesy, Matthew Clary, Ian T Joseph, Kamron Sarhadi, Maggie Kuhn, Yassmeen Abdel-Aty, Maeve M Kennedy, David G Lott, Philip A Weissbrod
IMPORTANCE: Tracheotomies are frequently performed by nonotolaryngology services. The factors that determine which specialty performs the procedure are not defined in the literature but may be influenced by tracheotomy approach (open vs percutaneous) and other clinicodemographic factors. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate demographic and clinical characteristics associated with tracheotomies performed by otolaryngologists compared with other specialists and to differentiate those factors from factors associated with use of open vs percutaneous tracheotomy...
December 1, 2023: JAMA Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery