Tracheostomy timing in traumatic brain injury: a propensity-matched cohort study.

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Published in J Trauma Acute Care Surg on January 01, 2014

Authors

Aziz S Alali1, Damon C Scales, Robert A Fowler, Todd G Mainprize, Joel G Ray, Alexander Kiss, Charles de Mestral, Avery B Nathens

Author Affiliations

1: From the Sunnybrook Research Institute (A.S.A., D.C.S., R.A.F., A.K., C.D.M., A.B.N.), Department of Critical Care (D.C.S., R.A.F.), Division of Neurosurgery (T.G.M.), Department of Research Design and Biostatistics (A.K.), and Department of Surgery (A.B.N.), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center; Clinical Epidemiology Program (A.S.A., D.C.S., R.A.F., J.G.R., A.K., A.B.N.), Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care (D.C.S., R.A.F.), and Keenan Research Centre of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute (J.G.R, A.B.N) and Department of Medicine (J.G.R.), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto; and Division of Neurosurgery (A.S.A.), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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