Endoscopic percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy: A prospective evaluation of 500 consecutive cases

Laryngoscope

Volumn 115, Issue 10 II, 2005, Pages 1-30

  Kost, Karen M ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Complications; ICU; Percutaneous tracheostomy; Percutaneous tracheotomy; Safety

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDOSCOPIC PERCUTANEOUS DILATATIONAL TRACHEOTOMY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OXYGENATION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTHROMBIN TIME; SAFETY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26944489582     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.MLG.0000163744.89688.E8     Document Type: Article

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