Surveillance and management practices in tracheotomy patients

Laryngoscope

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-50

  Zhu, Hannah ^a   Das, Preety ^a   Brereton, Jean ^b   Roberson, David ^c,e   Shah, Rahul K ^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 CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guideline; decannulate; tracheotomy tube

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TRACHEOTOMY;

AFTERCARE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRACHEOTOMY;

EID: 84255214169     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.22375     Document Type: Review

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