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01-03-2004 | Poster presentation

Optimal approach to the tracheostomy technique in critically ill patients with a short fat neck

Authors: I Dor, M Croitoru, S Krimerman, S Nicola, E Sabo, E Altman

Published in: Critical Care | Special Issue 1/2004

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To examine and to compare our experience with surgical tracheostomy (ST) and percutaneous tracheostomy (PCT) in the critically ill patients with a short fat neck. Nowadays PCT is widely used for prolonged mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients with normal neck anatomy instead of ST. Indications for PCT in adverse anatomical conditions like a short fat neck are still under discussion due to minimal positive experience. …

Title: Optimal approach to the tracheostomy technique in critically ill patients with a short fat neck
Authors: I Dor
M Croitoru
S Krimerman
S Nicola
E Sabo
E Altman
Publication date: 01-03-2004
Publisher: BioMed Central
Published in: Critical Care / Issue Special Issue 1/2004
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2472

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