Table 4.

Prediction of tracheotomy

Clinical parameter	Trauma (%)	Non-trauma	All
Age	57.53	58.97	58.86
Number of cervical spine operations	52.05	79.31	56.57
Neurological level	62.33	44.83	61.16
Classification of accompanying injuries	63.70	–	61.16
Frankel score	64.38	79.31	66.29
Thoracic injuries	64.38	–	64.00
Frankel score, classification of accompanying injuries	64.38	–	66.29
Frankel score, thoracic injuries	65.38	–	66.86
Neurological level, Frankel score	63.01	79.31	64.57
Neurological level, number of cervical spine operations	64.38	86.21
Neurological level, Frankel score, severity of accompanying injuries	73.29	–	73.31

Clinical parameters and combinations of clinical parameters, which allow prediction of tracheotomy. A distinction was drawn between traumatic and non-traumatic lesions