The indication of tracheotomy conditions the predictors of time to decannulation in critical patients.
Hernández G, Ortiz R, Pedrosa A, Cuena R, Vaquero Collado C, González Arenas P, García Plaza S, Canabal Berlanga A, Fernández R.
Hernández G, et al.
Med Intensiva. 2012 Nov;36(8):531-9. doi: 10.1016/j.medin.2012.01.010. Epub 2012 Mar 5.
Med Intensiva. 2012.
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Patients were classified into two groups: patients tracheostomized due to prolonged weaning and/or prolonged mechanical ventilation (Group 1), and patients tracheostomized due to low level of consciousness or inability to manage secretions (Group 2). . …
Patients were classified into two groups: patients tracheostomized due to prolonged weaning and/or prolonged mechanical ven …