Common carotid artery surprise during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy-A near miss, confirmed with ultrasound

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 353-355

  Khan, Sarfaraz M ^a   Alzahrani, Tariq ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Percutanous dilatational tracheostomy; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COLLAPSE; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESUSCITATION; THYROIDECTOMY; TRACHEOSTOMY; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

EID: 80052431290     PISSN: 1658354X     EISSN: 09753125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.84123     Document Type: Article

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