Research Article

The Feasibility of Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy in Immunosuppressed ICU Patients with or without Thrombocytopenia

Table 2

Medical history of all patients; patients can be counted more than once due to multimorbidity.

Medical history
TracheostomyPDTOST

Patients6321
Immunosuppression49 (77.8)11 (52.4)
Hematological/oncological disease39 (61.9)7 (33.3)
Acute leukemia15 (23.8)4 (19)
Acute myeloid leukemia10 (15.9)3 (14.3)
Acute lymphatic leukemia4 (6.3)1 (4.8)
Lymphoma15 (23.8)1 (4.8)
Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma13 (20.6)1 (4.8)
Hodgkin’s lymphoma1 (1.6)
PTLD after lung transplant1 (1.6)
Natural killer cell leukemia1 (1.6)
Myelodysplastic syndrome4 (6.3)1 (4.8)
Multiple myeloma4 (6.3)1 (4.8)
Solid tumor3 (4.8)1 (4.8)
lung transplantation2 (3.2)4 (19)
COPD8 (12.7)3 (14.3)
Mucoviscidosis2 (9.5)
ARDS2 (3.2)
Silicosis1 (1.6)
Lung fibrosis1 (4.8)
Pneumothorax1 (1.6)
Hepatopathy1 (1.6)
Cirrhosis of the liver3 (4.8)2 (9.5)
Necrotizing pancreatitis1 (1.6)
Mechanical ileus1 (1.6)
Retention stomach1 (1.6)
Gastrointestinal bleeding1 (1.6)
Obesity1 (1.6)8 (38.1)
Diabetes mellitus4 (6.3)
Kidney transplantation2 (3.2)
Meningococcal sepsis1 (4.8)
Allogeneic stem cell transplantation16 (25.4)3 (14.3)
Chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy1 (1.6)

The percentage refers to the total number of patients per group, so that multimorbidity can lead to more than 100%.