Table 4 Categories of final diagnosis at ICU/PICU
From: Factors affecting tracheostomy in critically ill paediatric patients in Japan: a data-based analysis
Diagnosis | total | no tracheostomy | tracheostomy | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 5769 | 5588 | 181 | |
Neuromuscular disease (%) | 1307 (22.7) | 1279 (22.9) | 28 (15.5) | 0.0187 |
Respiratory disease (%) | 1101 (19.1) | 1029 (18.4) | 72 (39.8) | < 0.01 |
Cardiovascular disease (%) | 1062 (18.4) | 1042 (18.6) | 20 (11.0) | < 0.01 |
Gastrointestinal, Hepato-Bilary-Pancreatic disease (%) | 609 (10.6) | 602 (10.8) | 7 (3.9) | < 0.01 |
Renal disease (%) | 163 (2.8) | 162 (2.9) | 1 (0.6) | 0.0647 |
Infectious disease (%) | 157 (2.7) | 153 (2.7) | 4 (2.2) | 1 |
Oncologic disease (%) | 124 (2.1) | 123 (2.2) | 1 (0.6) | 0.188 |
Metabolic/Endocrinologic disease (%) | 86 (1.5) | 84 (1.5) | 2 (1.1) | 1 |
Immunology disease | 57 (1.0) | 56 (1.0) | 1 (1.0) | 1 |
Other (%) | 525 (9.1) | 509 (9.1) | 16 (8.8) | 1 |