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Early versus late tracheostomy after decompressive craniectomy for stroke

BACKGROUND: Stroke patients requiring decompressive craniectomy are at high risk of prolonged mechanical ventilation and ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Tracheostomy placement may reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation. Predicting which patients will require tracheostomy and the optima...

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Autores principales: Catalino, Michael P., Lin, Feng-Chang, Davis, Nathan, Anderson, Keith, Olm-Shipman, Casey, Dedrick Jordan, J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5753520/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29308208
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40560-017-0269-1