Assessment of ventilation during the performance of a percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy: Hypoventilation is not a common complication

American Surgeon

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 455-457

  Crockett, Jay A ^a   Chendrasekhar, Akella ^a,b   Fagerli, Julian C ^a   Timberlake, Gregory A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CAPNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOVENTILATION; TRACHEOSTOMY; WEANING;

BRONCHOSCOPES; CAPNOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; COHORT STUDIES; CRITICAL CARE; DILATATION; ENDOSCOPES; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0031959108     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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