Safety of percutaneous tracheostomy in obese critically ill patients: A prospective cohort study

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-73

  Aldawood, A S ^a,b,c,f   Arabi, Y M ^a,d   Haddad, S ^a,e  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Critical Care Fellowship Program

^d Critical Care Department

^e Intensive Care Department

^f NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Complication; Obesity; Percutaneous tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRACHEOSTOMY; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 38949217973     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0803600112     Document Type: Article

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