Effect of technique and timing of tracheostomy in patients with acute traumatic spinal cord injury undergoing mechanical ventilation

Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-84

  Ganuza, Javier Romero ^a   Forcada, Angel Garcia ^a   Gambarrutta, Claudia ^a   Buigues, Elena Diez De La Lastra ^a   Gonzalez, Victoria Eugenia Merlo ^a   Fuentes, Fatíma Paz ^a   Luciani, Alejandro A ^a  

^a Intensive Care Unit Internal Medicine Department Paraplejics National Hospital   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cervical; Complications; Mechanical ventilation; Percutaneous; Spinal cord injuries; Spine surgery; Surgical; Thoracic; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; ACUTE DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINE; FACTUAL DATABASE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953030896     PISSN: 10790268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/107902610X12886261091875     Document Type: Article

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