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Demographical characteristics n (%) Gender Male 30 (66.7) Female 15 (33.3) BMI Healthy 2 (4.40) Overweight 15 (33.30) Class 1 obesity 17 (37.80) Class 2 obesity 7 (15.60) Class 3 obesity 4 (8.90) Age (mean±SD) 66.67±12.74 BMI: body mass index, SD: standard deviation
Factors n (%) Cause of death COVID-19 related death 24 (53.3) Tracheostomy related death 1 (2.2) No death 20 (44.4) Weaning from ventilator Successfully weaned from mechanical ventilation 11 (24.4) On ventilation at the time of data collection 9 (20.0) Death 25 (55.6) Duration from tracheostomy to death (in days), mean±SD (min - max) 10.64±6.90 (2-25) Duration from tracheostomy to weaning (in days)* mean±SD (min - max) 27.92±20.21 (2-82) COVID-19: coronavirus disease -19, SD: standard deviation, *: survivors
Factors Mortalities Survivals P-value* Mean±SD Duration from intubation to tracheostomy (in days) 20.96±7.86 20.20±6.49 0.730 PEEP 7.36±2.06 8.1±2.4 0.272 FiO2 42.2±11.28 42.75±10.06 0.865 CRP before tracheostomy 115.72±88.74 90.15±106.03 0.383 Use of inotropes, n (%) Yes 16 (61.5) 10 (38.5) 0.345 No 9 (47.4) 10 (52.6) CRP trend before tracheostomy, n (%) Uptrend 12 (75) 4 (25) 0.039* Downtrend 11 (42.3) 15 (57.7) Method of tracheostomy, n (%) Open 21 (61.8) 13 (38.2) 0.141 Percutaneous 4 (36.4) 7 (63.6) PEEP: positive end-expiratory pressure, FiO2: fraction of inspired oxygen CRP: C-reactive protein, SD: standard deviation, * significant at <0.05
Factors Time from tracheostomy to weaning Pearson correlation P-value Mean±SD Method of tracheostomy Open 38.57±19.97 0.033* Percutaneous 15.50±12.57 Correlation between duration from intubation to tracheostomy and duration from tracheostomy to weaning -0.63 0.84 SD: standard deviation, *: significant at <0.05