Mortality in the pediatric patient with tracheotomy

Background. The mortality rate of children with tracheotomies is estimated to be between 11% and 40%, although the incidence of tracheotomy‐related deaths is only between 0% and 3.4%. The purpose of this report was to analyze the mortality rate in children with tracheotomies.

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