Clinical Outcome Following Early Decannulation of Severe Acquired Brain Injury Patients

From the 1st of September 2021, the investigators started to perform decannulation earlier after admission to the Department of Brain Injury. Before attempting to decannulate a patient, several factors were considered and assessed by the patient's treating team: patient's level of consciousness, hemodynamical stability, need for and frequency of salivary aspiration, cough strength and respiration frequency. Patients could not be under treatment for pneumonia and simultaneously have respiratory instability at the time of decannulation.