Tracheostomy in traumatic brain injured: solving the conundrum of the immortal time bias

Stefania Galimberti^{1

2}, Chiara Robba³, Francesca Graziano^{1

2}, Giuseppe Citerio^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
² Centre of Biostatistics for Clinical Epidemiology, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
³ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Policlinico San Martino IRCCS for Oncology and Neuroscience, Genoa, Italy.
⁴ School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy. giuseppe.citerio@unimib.it.
⁵ Neurointensive Care Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, ASST-Monza, Monza, Italy. giuseppe.citerio@unimib.it.

Comment

Stefania Galimberti et al. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;46(6):1288-1289.

doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-06016-3. Epub 2020 Mar 27.

Stefania Galimberti^{1

2}, Chiara Robba³, Francesca Graziano^{1

2}, Giuseppe Citerio^{4

5}

¹ School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
² Centre of Biostatistics for Clinical Epidemiology, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy.
³ Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Policlinico San Martino IRCCS for Oncology and Neuroscience, Genoa, Italy.
⁴ School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano - Bicocca, Monza, Italy. giuseppe.citerio@unimib.it.
⁵ Neurointensive Care Unit, San Gerardo Hospital, ASST-Monza, Monza, Italy. giuseppe.citerio@unimib.it.

No abstract available

Comment on

Tracheostomy practice and timing in traumatic brain-injured patients: a CENTER-TBI study.
Robba C, Galimberti S, Graziano F, Wiegers EJA, Lingsma HF, Iaquaniello C, Stocchetti N, Menon D, Citerio G; CENTER-TBI ICU Participants and Investigators. Robba C, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2020 May;46(5):983-994. doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-05935-5. Epub 2020 Feb 5. Intensive Care Med. 2020. PMID: 32025780 Free PMC article.
Early versus late tracheostomy in patients with traumatic brain injury.
Hoshino T, Yonekura H, Nakamori Y, Kamei M. Hoshino T, et al. Intensive Care Med. 2020 Jun;46(6):1286-1287. doi: 10.1007/s00134-020-05998-4. Epub 2020 Mar 11. Intensive Care Med. 2020. PMID: 32162030 Free PMC article. No abstract available.