Research Article
[Retracted] Comparison of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Surgical Site Infection between Two Methods of Tracheostomy
Table 1
Comparison of clinical characteristics and postoperative care in patients with or without surgical site infection (SSI).
| | Characteristic | SSI () | Non-SSI () | value |
| | Age (yrs) | | | 0.18 | | <60 | 19 (53) | 186 (41) | | | ≥60 | 17 (47) | 265 (59) | | | Sex | | | 0.55 | | Male | 27 (75) | 317 (70) | | | Female | 9 (25) | 134 (30) | | | Charlson comorbidity index | | | <0.001 | | 0-1 | 17 (47) | 371 (82) | | | ≥2 | 19 (53) | 80 (18) | | | Smoking | | | 0.57 | | No | 28 (78) | 368 (82) | | | Yes | 8 (22) | 83 (18) | | | Type of tracheostomy | | | 0.04 | | Surgical | 22 (61) | 199 (44) | | | Percutaneous | 14 (39) | 252 (56) | | | Cluster nursing | | | <0.001 | | No | 31 (86) | 233 (52) | | | Yes | 5 (14) | 218 (48) | |
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