Espahbodi M, et al. - In this retrospective chart review involving 173 individuals (median age was 4.6 months), researchers analyzed the association of positive tracheal cultures in the 30 days following pediatric tracheostomy, antibiotic treatment of these cultures, and signs/symptoms of respiratory infection. This investigation was conducted on patients who had tracheostomy from November 2012 – September 2017 at a tertiary care pediatric center. According to multivariate logistic regression analysis, increased age at time of tracheostomy, more days on the ventilator after tracheostomy, and an increased number of positive cultures in the year after tracheostomy were associated with having a positive tracheal culture within 30 days of tracheostomy. There were no major variations for postoperative pediatric tracheostomy individuals when contrasting signs/symptoms of infection between those with and without a positive tracheal culture and those with and without antibiotic treatment for a positive culture.