Publications by authors named "Cindy Whitney"
Objective: To determine survival among critically ill children when caregivers decline tracheostomy placement.
Study Design: Retrospective cohort.
Methods: All children (<18 years) obtaining a pre-tracheostomy consultation at a tertiary children's hospital between 2016 and 2021 were included.
Objective: To determine the impact of a child with a tracheostomy on caregiver quality of life.
Methods: A repeated cross-sectional analysis included families with tracheostomy-dependent children between 2019 and 2021. Caregivers were surveyed using the PedsQL™ Family Impact Module with assessments at tracheostomy placement and during ambulatory office visits.
Objectives: To determine the incidence of tracheostomy accidental decannulations (AD) among pediatric inpatients and identify risks for these events.
Study Design: Prospective cohort.
Methods: All tracheostomy patients (≤18 years) admitted at a tertiary children's hospital between August 2018 and April 2021 were included.
Objectives: To characterize the cause of death among children with a tracheostomy.
Study Design: Prospective cohort.
Methods: All pediatric patients (<18 years) who had a tracheostomy placed at a tertiary care institution between 2015 and 2020 were included.
Objectives: To analyze a multidisciplinary tracheostomy team's effect on length of stay and cost.
Methods: An airway management program using a balanced scorecard was created to track key performance measures. Interventions included weekly rounding, standardized placement, postoperative care, and caregiver education.
Objectives: To determine if socioeconomic disadvantage impacts perioperative outcomes after tracheostomy.
Methods: We performed a retrospective case series of children who underwent tracheostomy. Children were divided into less and more disadvantaged groups based on their community's Area Deprivation Index (ADI), a validated socioeconomic vulnerability measure.
Objectives/hypothesis: To compare perioperative outcomes after pediatric tracheostomy placement based on patient complexity.
Study Design: Retrospective case series.
Methods: All patients that underwent tracheostomy placement at a tertiary children's hospital between 2015 and 2019 were followed.