Tracheostomy tube malposition in patients admitted to a respiratory acute care unit following prolonged ventilation

Chest

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 288-294

  Schmidt, Ulrich ^a   Hess, Dean ^a   Kwo, Jean ^a   Lagambina, Susan ^a   Gettings, Elise ^a   Khandwala, Farah ^b   Bigatello, Luca M ^a   Stelfox, Henry Thomas ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Mechanical ventilation; Tracheal stenosis; Tracheostomy; Weaning

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT; STEROID;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEA MUCOSA; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE; VENTILATOR;

EID: 49449092970     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-3011     Document Type: Article

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