Tracheostomy After Cardiac Operations: In-Hospital and Long-Term Survival Andrea Ballotta, MD, Hassan Kandil, MD, Tommaso Generali, MD, Lorenzo Menicanti, MD, Gabriele Pelissero, MD, Marco Ranucci, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 92, Issue 2, Pages 528-533 (August 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.002 Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Overall survival rate (including hospital mortality) after tracheostomy in cardiac surgical patients. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 528-533DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.002) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Survival rate for patients alive at discharge from the hospital after cardiac operations. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 528-533DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.002) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Survival rate for patients alive at discharge, according to the clinical condition (respiratory, solid line; neurologic, dashed line; cardiac, dotted line) leading to ventilator dependency and tracheostomy. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, 528-533DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.002) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions