The Effect of Delay Following the Clinical Decision to Perform Tracheostomy in the Critical Care Setting.

Background: Tracheostomy in patients who are critically ill is generally performed due to prolonged mechanical ventilation and expected extubation failure. However, tracheostomy criteria and ideal timing are poorly defined, including equivocal data from randomized controlled trials and median intuba...

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Published in:Respiratory Care Vol. 69; no. 4; pp. 463 - 470
Main Authors: Zimmerman, Frederic S., Shaul, Chanan, Helviz, Yigal, Levin, Phillip D.
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Apr2024
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