Factors | Number of patients |
| Complications | |||||
Technical aspects of tracheostomy |
| The background of the General status of patients | ||||||
total | % |
| total | % |
| total | % | |
Group with risk factor(s) |
| |||||||
Obese 3 degrees | 10 | 10.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 10.0% | ||
Short neck | 9 | 9.7% | 1 | 11.1% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
History of thyroid surgery | 2 | 2.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
Tracheostomy on the background of tracheo-broncho-pulmonal complications | 19 | 20.4% | 1 | 5.3% | 1 | 5.3% | ||
Tracheostomy on the background of a long-term ventilator (more than 7 days) | 13 | 14.0% | 1 | 7.7% | 1 | 7.7% | ||
Patients with risk factors | 24 | 25.8% | 1 | 4.2% | 2 | 8.3% | ||
Group without risk factor(s) |
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Without obesity | 83 | 89.2% | 1 | 1.2% | 1 | 1.2% | ||
*Chi-square criteria = 3.384; Df = 2; p = 0.185 | ||||||||
Normal neck | 84 | 90.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 2.4% | ||
*Chi-square criteria = 9.612; Df = 2; p = 0.009 | ||||||||
No operations on the thyroid gland | 91 | 97.8% | 1 | 1.1% | 2 | 2.2% | ||
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Without pathology of the trachea, bronchi and lungs | 74 | 79.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.4% | ||
*Chi-square criteria = 5.102; Df = 2; p = 0.079 | ||||||||
Ventilator up to 3 - 7 days | 80 | 86.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1.3% | ||
*Chi-square criteria = 8.543; Df = 2; p = 0.014 | ||||||||
Patients without risk factors | 69 | 74.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | ||
*Chi-square criteria = 8.912; Df = 2; p = 0.012 | ||||||||