Early versus late tracheostomy for critically ill patients

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2017, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Andriolo, Brenda Ng ^a   Andriolo, Régis B ^b   Saconato, Humberto ^c   Atallah, Álvaro N ^a   Valente, Orsine ^d  

^a Brazilian Cochrane Center   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO PARÁ   (Brazil)

^c Faculdade Integrado de Campo Mourão   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RATE; PNEUMONIA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SAFETY PROCEDURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; INTENSIVE CARE; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 84941315604     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007271.pub3     Document Type: Review

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