South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde
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To document the outcome of patients discharged from the intensive care unit (ICU) with tracheostomies. ⋯ The outcome of patients discharged from the ICU with tracheostomies is, on the whole, unfavourable compared with predicted mortality. A GCS of less than 8 is a good predictor of poor outcome.