Kaufman MR, et al. - Researchers compared tracheostomy patient demographics, indications, and outcomes of the 2 populations. The urgent awake tracheostomy was seen to be safe despite all the differences between the 2 patient populations. Findings did not suggest any significant difference in its complications from the sedated population. For awake tracheostomy, malignancy was the primary indication. Compared to 2.9% of the sedated tracheostomy patients, significant postoperative bleeding was seen in 1.3%. They decannulated only 11.4%.