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Outcomes of percutaneous versus surgical tracheostomy in an Australian Quaternary Intensive Care Unit: An entropy-balanced retrospective study.

Nilesh Anand DevanandVenkatesan ThiruvenkatarajanWai-Man LiuIsuru SirisingheStefan Court-KowalskiLee PryorAnne GatleySandeep SethiKrishnaswamy Sundararajan
Published in: Journal of the Intensive Care Society (2024)
Percutaneous tracheostomy was associated with higher complications compared to surgical tracheostomy. They were related to tracheostomy cuff deflation, stomal site bleeding and infection, sputum plugging, and accidental and failed decannulation. These findings have identified opportunities to improve patient outcomes.
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