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Table 6 Complications at ICU/PICU

From: Factors affecting tracheostomy in critically ill paediatric patients in Japan: a data-based analysis

Complications

total

no tracheostomy

tracheostomy

p-value

N

5769

5588

181

 

ARDS (%)

84 (1.5)

59 (1.1)

25 (13.8)

<  0.01

VAP (%)

76 (1.3)

54 (1.0)

22 (12.2)

< 0.01

  1. ICU Intensive Care Unit, PICU Paediatric Intensive Care Unit,
  2. ARDS Acute respiratory distress syndrome, VAP Ventilator associated pneumonitis