Classification and regression tree model for predicting tracheostomy in patients with traumatic cervical spinal cord injury
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Predicting the need for tracheostomy in patients with cervical spinal cord injury.
BACKGROUND Approximately 75% of hospitalized patients with a cervical spinal cord injury (CSCI) will require intubation and mechanical ventilation (MV) because of compromised respiratory function. It is difficult to predict those CSCI patients who will require prolonged ventilation and therefore will most benefit from early tracheostomy. This study intended to show the benefits of tracheostomy,...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Spine Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0940-6719,1432-0932
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-017-5104-9