Association of Diabetes Mellitus and Obesity with Early Complications After Surgical Tracheostomy in Critically Ill ICU Patients: A Retrospective Observational Cohort Study
Lukas S. Fiedler, Tobias Meyer, Fabian Burk, Fynn Roters · 2026
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Description
Lukas S. Fiedler and colleagues checked whether obesity and diabetes raise early wound infection risk after surgical tracheostomy in intensive care patients. A tracheostomy is a surgically made breathing opening in the neck for patients needing long ventilation.
The team reviewed 92 patients who had bedside tracheostomy at one centre during 2022 and 2023. Wound infection around the opening appeared in 18 patients, about 19.6 percent, within the first two weeks of follow-up. Infection struck about 35.7 percent of patients with obesity versus 12.5 percent without, and 38.7 percent with diabetes versus 9.8 percent without. Fiedler calls the analysis exploratory, since follow-up records were incomplete and the links were not adjusted for other risks.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lukas S. Fiedler, Tobias Meyer, Fabian Burk, Fynn Roters |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 26 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |