Early Tracheostomy Is Associated With Improved Outcomes in Patients Who Require Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation after Cardiac Surgery
Jagan Devarajan, Amaresh Vydyanathan, Meng Xu, Sudish M. Murthy, Kenneth R. McCurry, Daniel I. Sessler, Joseph Sabik, C. Allen Bashour
Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2012, Published online ahead of print
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Another piece of the timing-of-tracheostomy puzzle may be found in this study, which found, at the very least, that mediastinitis is not increased with early tracheostomy.