Tracheal Ring Fracture during a PercuTwist Tracheostomy Procedure

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1451-1453

  Scherrer, Emmanuel ^a   Tual, Loic ^a   Dhonneur, Gilles ^a,b  

^a FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE   (France)

^b NONE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISATRACURIUM; PROPOFOL; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AVULSION INJURY; CARTILAGE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXTUBATION; FRACTURE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; INFECTIOUS PNEUMONIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; PERCUTWIST TRACHEOSTOMY OPERATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 1942501148     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000111112.96668.58     Document Type: Article

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