Clinical Study
Evaluation of the Safety of Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy Compared with Surgical Tracheostomy in the Intensive Care Unit
| | PDT group (n = 52) | ST group (n = 49) | value |
| Length of ICU stay (days) | 14 (10–15) | 12 (9–15) | 0.42 | Time to tracheostomy from intubation (days) | 7.5 (6–11) | 7.0 (5–10) | 0.22 | Duration of mechanical ventilation posttracheostomy (days) | 20.5 (7–39) | 7 (3–22) | 0.005 | Mechanical ventilation at 28 POD, N (%) | 21 (40.4) | 12 (24.5) | 0.14 | Survival at 28 POD, N (%) | 46 (88.4) | 46 (93.9) | 0.55 |
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POD: postoperative days.
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