Percutaneous tracheostomy and murphy's law: An eye for trouble

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 670-671

  Gopinath, R ^a   Murray, J M ^b,c  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0032869719     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000539-199909000-00025     Document Type: Article

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