Safety and efficiency of interventional pulmonologists performing percutaneous tracheostomy

Respiration

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 123-127

  Yarmus, Lonny ^a   Pandian, Vinciya ^b   Gilbert, Christopher ^a   Schiavi, Adam ^b   Haider, Adil ^b   Chi, Albert ^b   Morad, Athir ^b   Miller, Christina ^b   Efron, David ^b   Stevens, Kent ^b   Gangidi, Shravani ^a   Vaswani, Ravi ^b   Haut, Elliott ^b   Mirski, Marek ^b   Bhatti, Nasir ^c   Feller Kopman, David ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interventional pulmonology; Percutaneous tracheostomy; Surgical tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEOSTOMY; VENTILATOR;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; DILATATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LONG-TERM CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY MEDICINE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; THORACIC SURGERY; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84864884747     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: 14230356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339321     Document Type: Article

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