When to change a tracheostomy tube

Respiratory Care

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1069-1075

  White, Alexander C ^a   Kher, Sucharita ^b   O'Connor, Heidi H ^a  

^a New England Sinai Hospital   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Change; Malposition; Routine; Tracheostomy tube

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LARYNGOSCOPY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESPIRATORY CARE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACHEOTOMY TUBE; TREATMENT DURATION; TUBE; TUBE REMOVAL; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ALGORITHM; EQUIPMENT; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STANDARD; TRACHEOSTOMY;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 77956631974     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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