Tracheostomy practice and timing in traumatic brain-injured patients: a CENTER-TBI study

Indications and optimal timing for tracheostomy in traumatic brain-injured (TBI) patients are uncertain. This study aims to describe the patients’ characteristics, timing, and factors related to the decision to perform a tracheostomy and differences in strategies among different countries and assess the effect of the timing of tracheostomy on patients’ outcomes. We selected TBI patients from CENTER-TBI, a prospective observational longitudinal...