Clinical Study
Evaluation of the Safety of Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy Compared with Surgical Tracheostomy in the Intensive Care Unit
Table 1
Characteristics of subjects in the PDT and ST groups.
| | PDT group (n = 52) | ST group (n = 49) | value |
| Age | 71 (64–78) | 65 (52–81) | 0.24 | Gender (male/female) | 35/17 | 31/18 | 0.83 | BMI | 20.6 ± 3.7 | 21.6 ± 3.3 | 0.15 | SOFA score at ICU admission | 6 (4–8) | 7 (6–9) | 0.06 | Laboratory data before tracheostomy | Hemoglobin (g/dL) | 10.2 ± 1.8 | 10.0 ± 1.8 | 0.46 | Platelet (×104/mm3) | 21.0 ± 11.2 | 24.6 ± 12.8 | 0.14 | PT-INR | 1.08 (1.04–1.27) | 1.06 (0.98–1.19) | 0.22 | APTT (seconds) | 34.3 (29.0–41.7) | 31.8 (26.0–37.3) | 0.04 | Reason for ICU admission, N | | | <0.001 | Neurologic | 17 | 33 | | Respiratory failure | 32 | 6 | | Heart failure | 2 | 1 | | Sepsis | 1 | 1 | | Trauma | 0 | 8 | |
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