Open AccessThe impact of early tracheostomy in neurotrauma patients: A Retrospective study
Author(s) -
Kapil Zirpe,
Deepali Vishnu Tambe,
Abhijit Deshmukh,
Sushma Gurav
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of critical care medicine/indian journal of critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.317
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1998-359X
pISSN - 0972-5229
DOI - 10.4103/0972-5229.198309
Subject(s) - medicine , mechanical ventilation , retrospective cohort study , intensive care unit , mann–whitney u test , anesthesia , surgery
Although majority of neurotrauma patients require long term ventilatory support but the timing of tracheostomy in such patients is controversial.