Tracheal stenosis after percutaneous dilational tracheostomy [5]

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 292-293

  Bell, M Dom D ^a   Bodenham, A R ^a   Murphy, P G ^a   Mackenzie, S ^b  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS PROCEDURES AND TECHNIQUES; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NOTE;

DILATATION; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TRACHEAL STENOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 34047169233     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05006_1.x     Document Type: Letter

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