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Table 2 Complications: surgical tracheostomy versus PDT

From: Clinical review: Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy

Complications

OR (95% CI)

Perioperative bleeding

0.14 (0.02–0.39)

All postoperative complication

0.15 (0.07–0.29)

Stomal infection

0.02 (0.01–0.07)

  1. Shown is a summary of risks for developing a complication in surgical tracheostomy versus PDT [40]. CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio; PDT, percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy.
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