Tracheotomy-related catastrophic events: Results of a national survey

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-37

  Das, Preety ^a   Zhu, Hannah ^a   Shah, Rahul K ^b   Roberson, David W ^c   Berry, Jay ^c   Skinner, Margaret L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Division of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

patient safety; quality; Tracheotomy

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CANNULATION; CAREER; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY EROSION; DECANNULATION; DISABILITY; FAMILY EDUCATION; FISTULA; GRANULOMA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NURSING CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TRACHEOINNOMINATE ARTERY FISTULA; TRACHEOTOMY;

CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; TRACHEOTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84255191103     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.22453     Document Type: Review

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