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Early Versus Late Tracheostomy for Patients with High and Low Cervical Spinal Cord Injuries

Akram Guirgis, K. Venugopal Menon, Neelam Suri, Nilay Chatterjee, Emil Attallah, Maged Saad, Shereen Saeid Elshaer

Sultan Qaboos University medical journal · 2016 · 15 citations · 20 references

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Abstract

An early tracheostomy is beneficial in reducing the duration of mechanical ventilation among patients with CSCIs, irrespective of the level of injury.

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