Tracheostomy for long-term ventilated patients: A postal survey of ICU practice in The Netherlands

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1390-1393

  Fikkers, Bernard G ^a   Fransen, Gerdine A J ^a   Van Der Hoeven, Johannes G ^a   Briedé, Inge S ^a   Van Den Hoogen, Frank J A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Intensive Care Unit; Questionnaire; Survey; Technique; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0041878564     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-003-1824-x     Document Type: Article

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