Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy is as safe as open tracheostomy

American Surgeon

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 92-94

  Khalili, Theodore M ^a   Koss, Wega ^a   Margulies, Daniel R ^a   Morrison, Esther ^a   Shabot, M Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL STAFF; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPERATING ROOM; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGEON; TRACHEOSTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; METHODOLOGY;

AGED; DILATATION; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0036046629     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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