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Efficacy of an Early Rehabilitation on Decannulation Time of Patients With Severe Acquired Brain Injury

Italy80 participantsStarted 2016-05

Plain-language summary

All the patients hospitalized in the neuro-rehabilitation after a severe acquired brain injury carrying a tracheal cannula will be retrospectively analyzed. Patients coming from emergency department started a rehabilitative treatment during their hospitalization in ICU. Patients transferred from an external ICU started the rehabilitation in neurorehabilitation department. Aim of the study is to evaluate if an early rehabilitation, started since the acute stage of the damage, is able to reduce the decannulation time in this group of patients.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * presence of a tracheostomy at admission in NRehab * patient moved from an ICU * GCS≤11 at admission in ICU * tracheostomy performed for decreased mental status due to the ABI, Exclusion Criteria: * tracheostomy performed prior to admission to the ICU * need for ventilation support.

What they're measuring

decannulation time

Timeframe: at data collecting, an average of 1 day

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02990871

SponsorOspedale Generale Di Zona Moriggia-Pelascini

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2016-10

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