Tracheostomy in the intensive care unit: A nationwide survey

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1639-1643

  Kluge, Stefan ^a   Baumann, Hans Jörg ^a   Maier, Claudia ^a   Klose, Hans ^a   Meyer, Andreas ^a   Nierhaus, Axel ^a   Kreymann, Georg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OPERATING ROOM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICIAN; STATISTICS;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 56149126209     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318188b818     Document Type: Article

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