Ventilator Associated Pneumonia and Late Complications of Percutaneous Tracheostomy

The Development of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia and Late Complications of Two Different Percutaneous Tracheostomy Techniques

The purpose of this study is to investigate the incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia and late complications by comparing two different cannulas and two different percutaneous tracheostomy techniques.

This study did not generate the expectations's we've expected, therefore, the analysis was prematurely stopped...

Inclusion Criteria:

• all patients on the intensive care unit who receive a tracheostomy.

Exclusion Criteria:

• HIV/AIDS
• use of immunosuppressive
• with regard to the MRI-scan patients who have a pacemaker and/or who are claustrophobic