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Ain-Shams Journal of Anesthesiology

Table 1 Baseline patients’ criteria at the time of enrolment

From: A novel technique for safe blind percutaneous tracheotomy: retrospective case-series study on three hundred eighty-six patients

 

Value/number (%)

Age (years)

 

 Range

19–92

 Mean ± S.D.

58.87±14.24

Sex

 

 Male

197 (51.04%)

 Female

189 (48.96%)

Neck CMF (cm)

 

 Range

28.8–45.9

 Mean ± S.D.

35.69±2.23

Indication

 

 Prolonged MV

201 (52.07%)

 Head injury

143 (37.05%)

 Neuromuscular disease

22 (5.70%)

 Compromised airway

20 (5.18%)

  1. Values are presented as number (n), percentage (%), range, and mean ± standard deviation (SD). BMI (kg/m2), body mass index in kilogram per meter square; Neck CMF (cm), neck circumference in centimeters; MV, mechanical ventilation
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