Impact of Tracheostomy Timing on Outcomes After Cardiovascular Surgery

A prospective, randomized, study comparing early percutaneous dilational tracheotomy to prolonged translaryngeal intubation (delayed tracheotomy) in critically ill medical patients*

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Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Surgery +15

Changes in the Work of Breathing Induced by Tracheotomy in Ventilator-dependent Patients

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Medicine, Surgery, Pulmonology +14

Impact of tracheotomy on sedative administration, sedation level, and comfort of mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients*

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Health Professions, Anesthesiology, Anesthesia +15

Early tracheostomy in trauma patients

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Medicine, Clinical Sciences, Surgery +12

Tracheostomy: a risk factor for mediastinitis after cardiac operation

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Medicine, Cardiology, Surgery +13