Research Article
[Retracted] Comparison of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia and Surgical Site Infection between Two Methods of Tracheostomy
Table 3
Comparison of clinical characteristics and postoperative care in patients with or without ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP).
| Characteristic | VAP () | Non-VAP () | value |
| Age (yrs) | | | <0.001 | <60 | 12 (11) | 100 (27) | | ≥60 | 100 (89) | 275 (73) | | Sex | | | 0.03 | Male | 88 (79) | 255 (68) | | Female | 24 (21) | 120 (32) | | Charlson comorbidity index | | | 0.006 | 0-1 | 79 (70) | 308 (82) | | ≥2 | 33 (30) | 66 (18) | | Smoking | | | <0.001 | No | 77 (69) | 319 (85) | | Yes | 35 (31) | 56 (15) | | Type of tracheostomy | | | 0.18 | Surgical | 57 (51) | 164 (44) | | Percutaneous | 55 (49) | 211 (56) | | Cluster nursing | | | <0.001 | No | 78 (70) | 186 (50) | | Yes | 34 (30) | 189 (50) | |
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