A comparison of two single dilator percutaneous tracheostomy sets: The Blue Rhino™ and the Ultraperc™

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 182-186

  Patel, P B ^a   Ferguson, C ^b   Patel, A ^b  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL THROAT NOSE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; SWINE; TIME; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ANIMALS; DILATATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MANIKINS; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 33644776558     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2005.04468.x     Document Type: Article

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