Locally developed guidelines reduce immediate complications from percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy using the Ciaglia Blue Rhino technique: A report on 200 procedures

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 782-786

  Cosgrove, J F ^a   Sweenie, A ^a   Raftery, G ^a   Carey, S M ^a   Kilner, A J ^a   Nesbitt, I D ^a   Cressey, D M ^a   Hirschauer, N ^a   Laws, P G ^a   Ryan, D W ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchoscope; Coagulopathy; Complication; Percutaneous tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING DISORDER; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BRONCHOSCOPY; CAPNOGRAPHY; EXTUBATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33845884819     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0603400613     Document Type: Article

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