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The data provide benchmarks enabling comparison by overall cohort as well as by specialist clinical populations, each with differing reasons for tracheostomy insertion. The data would suggest that tracheostomy patients should not be looked upon as a singular cohort; rather, evaluation of factors with specific attention made to underlying aetiology and individual clinical presentation is essential.
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