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Published in: Critical Care 2/2014

01-04-2014 | Letter

Checklist for percutaneous tracheostomy in critical care

Authors: Gokulnath Rajendran, Stephen Hutchinson

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 2/2014

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Excerpt

Simon and colleagues are to be commended for their effort in reviewing articles published since 1985 on the incidence and risk factors associated with mortality following percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
Checklist for percutaneous tracheostomy in critical care
Authors
Gokulnath Rajendran
Stephen Hutchinson
Publication date
01-04-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 2/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc13833

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