Is early tracheostomy safe in cardiac patients with median sternotomy incisions? Steven A Stamenkovic, Ian S Morgan, David R Pontefract, MB, Ciro Campanella The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 69, Issue 4, Pages 1152-1154 (April 2000) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01577-5
Fig 1 Day of tracheostomy formation. (Y-axis: %; X-axis: days). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1152-1154DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01577-5)
Fig 2 Tracheostomy bacterial isolates (pie chart). (Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus [black]); Staphylococcus aureus [thick black oblique lines]; Pseudomonas aeruginosa [white]; Enterococcus [thin black oblique lines]; other [horizontal lines]). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1152-1154DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01577-5)
Fig 3 Type of stoma. (Y-axis: %; X-axis: formal/percutaneously/ unknown). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1152-1154DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01577-5)
Fig 4 Duration of tracheostomy. (Y-axis: %; X-axis: days). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2000 69, 1152-1154DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01577-5)