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Timing of Tracheostomy and Risk of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation: A Case–Cohort Study with Time-to-Event Analysis
2026-05-18
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<h4>Background: </h4> /Objectives: Intubation and tracheostomy were previously considered dis-tinct approaches to airway management during mechanical ventilation. Ventila-tor-associated pneumonia (VAP) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation. The role of tracheostomy in modify-ing VAP risk is controversial, especially when taking into account how ex...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 0beb3bda-6fa2-534e-a172-ed24646acdcb
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- 10.20944/preprints202605.1133.v1
