Long-term outcomes following percutaneous tracheostomy using the Griggs technique

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 401-407

  Sviri, S ^a   Samie, R ^a   Roberts, B L ^a   Van Heerden, P V ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Complications: tracheal stenosis, upper airway obstruction; Tracheostomy: percutaneous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNX DISORDER; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCAR FORMATION; SPIROMETRY; STRIDOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL; SYMPTOM; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0042423727     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0303100409     Document Type: Article

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