TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Complications after prolonged intubation in patients with head trauma
JO  - Lijecnicki Vjesnik
A1  - Gasparović, S.
A1  - Lajtman, Z.
SP  - 130
EP  - 132
VL  - 117
IS  - 5-6
N2  - In this study, 72 patients with head injury, hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) were analyzed. All of them required prolonged intubation. Every patient was initially intubated. Thirty (41.7%) of them underwent tracheotomy and 56 (77.8%) demanded mechanical ventilation. The patients were divided into three groups with respect to their treatment: 1. Patients intubated up to five days--27 (37.5%); 2. Patients intubated more than five days--45 (62.5%); 3. Tracheotomized patients--30 (41.7%). Tracheotomy was done between the fifth and the twenty-sixth day following the intubation. Laryngotracheal complications occurred in 47% of the patients from the second group and 23% from the third group. The patients in the first group developed no complications. Pulmonary infections prevailed in the second group. We conclude that early postinjury tracheotomy is associated with a lesser incidence of complications than prolonged intubation in neurosurgical patients.<p /> <p>Language: hr</p>
LA  - hr
SN  - 0024-3477
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -