eTable 2. Free-text descriptions of tracheotomy-related deaths (first authors).
| Description | First author (reference) |
| “death related to the procedure” | Angel (15), Barba (e24), Chiu (e32), Klein (e70), Sollid (e100), Tabaee (e108) |
| "mortality directly related to the procedure“ | Brass (8) |
| "procedure-related death“ | Allen (e22), Kearny (e72) |
| “lethal complication“ | Ayoub (e23) |
| "exitus letalis“ | Bauer (e26), Geng (e51), Schubert (e15), Joosten (e68) |
| "Todesfall im Zusammenhang mit Tracheotomie“ [death in connection with tracheotomy] |
Bause (e27), Klemm (e71) |
| "patient died“ | Berrouschot (e28), Drage (e40), Friedman (e50),Hazard (e59), Hung (e64), Hutchinson (e65), Kapural (e69), Lim (e76), Lu (e77), Massick (e86), Maeda (e80), Rassekh (e95), Shlugman (e98), Stoeckli (e105), Wang (e114) |
| "Tod“ [death] | Brendel (e29), Franz (e47), Uhlig (e112), Walz (e115) |
| "woman died“ | Byhahn (e31) |
| "death“ | Cobean (e33), Cole (e35), Cordes (e36), Dulguerov (18), El Solh (e43), Fikkers (e46), Freeman (e48), Hasanloi (e119), Kost (5), Lukas (e79), Marelli (e82), NCEPOD (e118), Pandit (e94), Stam (e103), Suh (e106), Tan (e109), Thompson (e111), Toursarkissian (e16), Wang (e114), Walz (e115), Wease (e116) |
| "event death“ | Das (2) |
| "patients died as a result of their complications“ | Dempsey (e37) |
| "complications resulted in deaths“ | Dennis (e38), Escarment (e44) |
| "Komplikationen nicht überlebt“ [did not survive complications] | Dost (e39) |
| "deaths were directly attributed to the tracheotomy“ and "mortality directly attributed to the tracheotomy“ | Goldenberg (e19), Goldenberg (e20), Lee (e74) |
| "cause of death directly related to the procedure“ | Gilbey (e52) |
| "death related to technique“ | Griggs (e54) |
| "Patient verstarb“ [patient died] | Grundmann (e55), Herzhoff (e62), Hürter (e66),Krusche (e73), Letzsch (e75), Schäfer (e12), Schubert (e15), Zehlicke (e117) |
| "Todesfall“ [fatality] | Mäser (e85) |
| "she died“ | Hamilton (e57), Ryan (e97), Malthaner (e81) |
| "one of them died“ | Fikkers (e45) |
| "dying from the event“ | Halum (e58) |
| "eingriffassoziierter Todesfall“ [procedure-related death] | Heyse (e61) |
| "death tracheostomy-related“ | van Heuern (e60) |
| "procedure-related mortality“ | Hill (e3) |
| "death directly related to the performance of percutaneous tracheostomy“ | Ivatury (e67), McCormick (e88) |
| "death at the time of accident“ | Kapadia (e11) |
| "Tod durch…“ [death by…], "Tod wegen…“ [death due to…] | Koitschev (4) |
| "mortality“ | Kost (5, 6) |
| "death associated with the procedure“ | Marx (e84) |
| "procedural mortality“ | Mallick (20) |
| "death rate for PDT“ | Norwood (e91) |
| "decesso riscontrato in relazione alla procedura“ [procedure-related death], "decessi“ [death] | Oggioni (e92) |
| "muerte“ [death] | Páez (e93) |
| "leading to death“ | Porter (e10) |
| "tracheotomy-related complication and death“ | Shah (9) |
| "intraprocedural death“ | Shrager (e99) |
| "fatality occurring“, "fatality due“, "being fatal“, "proved fatal“, "resulted in perioperative death“ | Oliver (17) |
| "operative mortality“ | Cheng (19) |
| "fatal erosive hemmorhage“ | Klemm (e41) |
| "fatal bleeding“, "pitfalls of PDT“ | Hoiting (e63) |
| "le patient est décédé“ [patient deceased] | Soubirou (e102) |
| "fatalities due to PDT“, "PDT-related fatalities“ | Simon (e101) |
| "haemorrhage flooded both lungs” | Cokis (e34) |
| "treatment be withdrawn“ | Douglas (e42) |
| "cannula-related complications in ward“, "ward deaths“ | Martinez (e83) |
| "Blutaspiration mit Todesfolge“ [aspiration of blood resulting in death] | Muhl (e87) |
| "three fatalities“ | Grant (e53) |
| "Reanimation eingestellt“ [cardiopulmonary resuscitation discontinued] | Rosolski (e96) |
| "Blutung, die zum Tode führte“ [hemorrhage led to death] | Stein (e104) |
| "letale Blutung“ [fatal hemorrhage] | Sutarski (e107) |
| "death possibly attributable to the technique of tracheostomy creation“ | Freeman (e48) |
| "perioperative death“, "postoperative death“ | Friedman (e49) |
| "complications included death“ | Higgins (16) |
| "a fatal complication observed“ | Mourelo (e90) |
| "resulting in cardiac arrest“ | McGuire (e89) |
| "metastasis as major late complication“ | Aust (e17) |
| "occurrence of tracheostomy metastases“ | Knipping (e18) |
| "infection-related in-hospital mortality“ | Tewarie (e110) |
| "смерть“ [death] | Lubnin (e78) |
PDT, percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy