Management of tracheostomy: A survey of Dutch intensive care units

Respiratory Care

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1709-1715

  Veelo, Denise P ^a   Schultz, Marcus J ^a,b   Phoa, Kai Y N ^a   Dongelmans, Dave A ^a   Binnekade, Jan M ^a   Spronk, Peter E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b HERMES Critical Care Group   (Netherlands)

^c GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cuff; Decannulation; Inner cannula; Mechanical ventilation; Netherlands; Survey; Tracheostomy; Tracheostomy tube

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BREATHING; CANNULA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTENSIVE CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 61449514313     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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