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Table 5 Patient’s age and having tracheostomy/peg (n = 48)

From: Futile therapy protocols: A 3-year review of the implementation of Polish guidelines on ineffective organ function maintenance in pediatric intensive care unit—A pilot study

Age

Tracheostomy (n = 20)

No tracheostomy (n = 28)

p

< 1 year

6 (30.00%)

14 (70.00%)

0.383

1–6 years

4 (50.00%)

4 (50.00%)

7–18 years

10 (50.00%)

10 (50.00%)

Age

PEG (n = 16)

No PEG (n = 32)

p

< 1 year

3 (15.00%)

17 (85.00%)

0.038

1–6 years

5 (62.50%)

3 (37.50%)

7–18 years

8 (42.00%)

12 (60.00%)

  1. Bold values represent statistically significant