Bedside Percutaneous Tracheostomy versus Open Surgical Tracheostomy in Non-ICU Patients

Table 3

Outcome endpoints (mean ± SD, %).

	Group 1 (Outreach ICU) (𝑛=70)	Group 2 (open) (𝑛=443)	P value
Length of resources utilization minutes (mean ± SD)	20 ± 8.5	77.5 ± 14.7	<0.0001*
Weaning success (%)**	38.5 (𝑛=27)	40.6 (𝑛=180)	0.6
Intraoperative complication rate (%)***	2.8 (𝑛=2)	2.03 (𝑛=9)	0.9
Mortality rate (%)^#	28.5 (𝑛=20)	28.2 (𝑛=125)	0.9

* P value < 0.05 defined as statistically significant. Decreased length of procedure may result in total saving of more operating room time annually.
**Percent of patients successfully weaned from mechanical ventilation on the day of discharge from the hospital.
***Intraoperative complications included two cases of false passage cannulation (group 1) and six cases of intraoperative bleeding, one pneumothorax, and one case of accidental high level of tracheostomy placement (group 2).
^#In-hospital mortality.