Issn Print: 0090-3493 Publication Date: 2005/12/01 Print Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email A PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR TRACHEOSTOMY IN A COHORT OF 5015 CARDIAC SURGICAL PATIENTS.: 137-M Francesca Cislaghi; Alberto Corona; Michele Mondino; Anna Maria Condemi Checking for direct PDF access through Ovid View on Journal Site Excerpt Cardiac surgical (Cs) patients need prolonged (> 72 hrs) MV in 3–9.9% and a half (1.6–4.5%) undergo tracheostomy (T).