Short-term Outcome of Early Tracheostomy in the Trauma Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Unit: A Comparative Study

Bijan Ziaeian; Sedigheh Tahmasebi; Hadi Niakan; Afsoun Fazelzadeh

Volume 1, Issue 3 , July 2013, , Pages 112-115

Abstract
  Objectives: To compare the results of early versus late tracheostomy in trauma patients admitted to intensive care unit (ICU).Methods: This was case control study being performed at a major trauma centre in Shiraz, Iran including 120 trauma patients admitted to ICU during a 2-year period and underwent ...  Read More