Portable ultrasonic scanning of the anterior neck before percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 660-663

  Hatfield, A ^a   Bodenham, A ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airway; percutaneous tracheostomy; Complications; Imaging; portable ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; NECK; NEEDLE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THYROID GLAND; TRACHEOSTOMY; VEIN LIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAROTID ARTERIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYROID CARTILAGE; THYROID GLAND; TRACHEA; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0032856731     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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