Percutaneous tracheostomy: Patient outcomes. It is always time to improve our care

Minerva Anestesiologica

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 602-603

  Guarino, A ^a  

^a VILLA SCASSI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTUBATION; LARYNX MUCOSA; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; TRACHEA MUCOSA; TRACHEA STENOSIS; TRACHEOSTOMY; VIDEORECORDING;

HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72449179389     PISSN: 03759393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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