University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antoniop: Early Tracheotomy Helps Patients Avoid Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, Team Finds
March 12, 2021
March 12, 2021
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, March 12 (TNSJou) -- The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio issued the following news release:
Surgically opening the windpipe, or trachea, within the first seven days of the start of mechanical ventilation decreases the time patients spend on ventilators, shortens their ICU stay and lowers their risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to a systematic review published Thursday (March 11) in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surg . . .
Surgically opening the windpipe, or trachea, within the first seven days of the start of mechanical ventilation decreases the time patients spend on ventilators, shortens their ICU stay and lowers their risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia, according to a systematic review published Thursday (March 11) in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surg . . .