Investigating the effects of tracheostomy cuff deflation timing in patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation – An observational study

• Adam Harriman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Adam Harriman, James Hodson, Jonathan Weblin

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Therapy Services, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9546-4753

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• Dhruv Parekh ,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: D.Parekh@bham.ac.uk

  ¶‡ DP, WT, CS, RC, MM and CD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Birmingham Acute Care Research Group, University of Birmingham Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1508-8362

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• William Tunnicliffe ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DP, WT, CS, RC, MM and CD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Catherine Snelson ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DP, WT, CS, RC, MM and CD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• James Hodson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Adam Harriman, James Hodson, Jonathan Weblin

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Development and Innovation, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Ruth Capewell ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DP, WT, CS, RC, MM and CD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Therapy Services, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Molly Metcalf ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DP, WT, CS, RC, MM and CD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Therapy Services, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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• Camilla Dawson ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ DP, WT, CS, RC, MM and CD also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Therapy Services, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9910-666X

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• Jonathan Weblin

  Contributed equally to this work with: Adam Harriman, James Hodson, Jonathan Weblin

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Therapy Services, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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