Comparing methods of tracheostomy: Is surgery avoidable in your patient?

Journal of Critical Illness

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 329-

  Freeman, Bradley D ^a   Buchman, Timothy G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NOTE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0036739590     PISSN: 10400257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

References (3)

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2. Freeman BD, Isabella K, Cobb JP, et al. A prospective, randomized study comparing percutaneous with surgical tracheostomy in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med. 2001;29:926-930.
3. Freeman BD, Isabella K, Lin N, Buchman TG. A meta-analysis of prospective trials comparing percutaneous and surgical tracheostomy in critically ill patients. Chest. 2000;118:1412-1418.