Early versus late tracheostomy for critically ill patients

NG Andriolo, Brenda; B Andriolo, Régis; Saconato, Humberto; Nagib Atallah, Álvaro; Valente, Orsine

doi:10.1002/14651858.cd007271.pub3

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Early versus late tracheostomy for critically ill patients

Published in Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews • Jan 12, 2015

Authors:

Brenda NG Andriolo

Régis B Andriolo

Humberto Saconato

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Long-term mechanical ventilation is the most common situation for which tracheostomy is indicated for patients in intensive care units (ICUs). 'Early' and 'late' tracheostomies are two categories of the timing of tracheostomy. Evidence on the advantages attributed to early versus late tr...

Subject

Medicine

Intubation

Mechanical ventilation

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