Evidence-based guidelines for the use of tracheostomy in critically ill patients

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 38, Issue , 2017, Pages 304-318

  Raimondi, Néstor ^a   Vial, Macarena R ^b,w   Calleja, José ^c   Quintero, Agamenón ^d   Cortés, Albán ^e   Celis, Edgar ^f   Pacheco, Clara ^g   Ugarte, Sebastián ^h   Añón, José M ⁱ   Hernández, Gonzalo ^j   Vidal, Erick ^k   Chiappero, Guillermo ^a   Ríos, Fernando ^l   Castilleja, Fernando ^c   Matos, Alfredo ^m   Rodriguez, Enith ^m   Antoniazzi, Paulo ⁿ   Teles, José Mario ^o   Dueñas, Carmelo ^p   Sinclair, Jorge ^q   Martínez, Lorenzo ^r   von der Osten, Ingrid ^s   Vergara, José ^t   Jiménez, Edgar ^u   Arroyo, Max ^v   Rodríguez, Camilo ^d   Torres, Javier ^w   Fernandez Bussy, Sebastián ^w,x   Nates, Joseph L ^b   more..

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL ZAMBRANO HELLION   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL SINÚ   (Colombia)

^e UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR   (Chile)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN SANTA FE DE BOGOTÁ   (Colombia)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE CARACAS   (Venezuela)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

ⁱ HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^k HOSPITAL ESPAÑOL DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^l HOSPITAL NACIONAL PROFESOR ALEJANDRO POSADAS   (Argentina)

^m Panamá   (Panama)

ⁿ CENTRO UNIVERSITÁRIO BARÃO DE MAUÁ   (Brazil)

^o Hosp de Urgencias de Goiania   (Brazil)

^p UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^q UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMÁ   (Panama)

^r Policlinica Metropolitana   (Venezuela)

^s UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DE VENEZUELA   (Venezuela)

^t UNIVERSIDAD ESPÍRITU SANTO   (Ecuador)

^u TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^v Hospital Privado Clínica Santa Sofía   (Venezuela)

^w UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^x UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Clinical guidelines; Consensus; Critical care; Intensive care unit; Percutaneous; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEVICE INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNGEAL MASK; LENGTH OF STAY; MECHANICAL VENTILATOR; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RATE; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PERCUTANEOUS TECHNIQUE; PNEUMONIA; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRACHEOSTOMY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 85013650266     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.10.009     Document Type: Article

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