Early Rehabilitation Reduces Time to Decannulation in Patients With Severe Acquired Brain Injury: A Retrospective Study

Early Rehabilitation Reduces Time to Decannulation in Patients With Severe Acquired Brain Injury: A Retrospective Study

Purpose: Early decannulation is considered a main rehabilitative goal in tracheostomized patients. Our aim is to evaluate whether a very early rehabilitation protocol helps to reduce the tracheostomy duration in patients affected by an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI).Methods: Data about consecutive trac...

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Main Authors: Ilaria Zivi, Roberto Valsecchi, Roberto Maestri, Sara Maffia, Alessio Zarucchi, Katia Molatore, Elena Vellati, Leopold Saltuari, Giuseppe Frazzitta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
tracheostomy
decannulation
critical care
intensive care
neurorehabilitation
acquired brain injury
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00559/full

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