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16 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Early versus late tracheostomy in people with multiple trauma.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Recommendations for treatment of critically ill patients with COVID-19 : Version 3 S1 guideline.Der Anaesthesist · 2021Guideline
- Systematic review and meta-analysis of tracheostomy outcomes in COVID-19 patients.The British journal of oral & maxillofacial surgery · 2021Pooled it
- Outcomes After Tracheostomy in Patients with Severe Acute Brain Injury: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Neurocritical care · 2021Pooled it
- [German recommendations for treatment of critically ill patients with COVID-19-version 3 : S1-guideline].Der Anaesthesist · 2020Guideline
- Early Versus Late Tracheostomy: An Umbrella Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Percutaneous tracheostomy in Costa Rican intensive care units: multicenter epidemiology, practices, and immediate complications.Journal of critical care medicine (Universitatea de Medicina si Farmacie din Targu-Mures) · 2026Article
- Comparison of early versus late tracheostomy in trauma patients: a multicenter propensity score-matched cohort study.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Early Tracheostomy versus Late Tracheostomy in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury.Asian journal of neurosurgery · 2024Article
- Indications and Recommendations for Tracheostomy in Trauma Population With COVID-19 Infection: A Review of the Literature.The American surgeon · 2023Review
- Outcomes of Tracheostomy on Burn Inhalation Injury.Eplasty · 2023Article
- Patient Outcomes following Immediate Tracheostomy and Emergency Decompressive Craniectomy in the Same Setting.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Improving tracheostomy delivery for trauma and surgical critical care patients: timely trach initiative.BMJ open quality · 2022Article
- COVIDTrach: a prospective cohort study of mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19 undergoing tracheostomy in the UK.BMJ surgery, interventions, & health technologies · 2021Article
- Tracheostomy in the COVID-19 era: global and multidisciplinary guidance.The Lancet. Respiratory medicine · 2020Review
- [German recommendations for treatment of critically ill patients with COVID-19-version 3].Der Pneumologe · 2020Review
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The effect of timing in patients requiring tracheostomy varies in the literature. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of early tracheostomy on outcomes in trauma patients with and without traumatic brain injury (TBI). This study is a four-year review of trauma patients undergoing tracheostomy. Patients were divided into two groups based on TBI/non-TBI. Each group was divided into three subgroups based on tracheostomy timing: zero to three days, four to seven days, and greater than seven days postadmission. TBI patients were stratified by the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS), and non-TBI patients were stratified by the Injury Severity Score (ISS). The primary outcome was ventilator-free days (VFDs). Significance was defined as
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