Percutaneous tracheostomy in critically ill patients: A prospective, randomized comparison of two techniques

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3734-3739

  Nates, Joseph L ^a,b   Cooper, D James ^a   Myles, Paul S ^a   Scheinkestel, Carlos D ^a   Tuxen, David V ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Anesthesia; Complications; Dilational; Equ ipment design; Hemorrhage; Percutaneous; Prospective; Randomized; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0033709681     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200011000-00034     Document Type: Article

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