Abstract:Objectives This study was aimed to assess the benefits of early tracheostomy (ET) compared with late tracheostomy (LT) on postoperative outcomes in pediatric cardiac surgical patients.
Design Present one is a prospective, observational study.
Setting The study was conducted at a cardiac surgical intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary care hospital.
Participants All pediatric patients below 10 years of age, who underwent tracheostomy after cardiac surgery from January2019 to december2019, were subdivided into … Show more
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