Quantification of the learning curve for percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 222-

  Massick, Douglas D ^a   Powell, David M ^a   Price, Phillip D ^b   Chang, Susan L ^a   Squires, Gregory ^b   Forrest, L Arick ^a   Young, Donn C ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT CARMEL HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

learning curve; percutaneous tracheostomy; Percutaneous tracheotomy; tracheotomy tracheostomy complications

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRACHEOTOMY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033980749     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200002010-00007     Document Type: Article

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