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Published in: Critical Care 1/2019

Open Access 01-12-2019 | Tracheostomy | Letter

A smartphone comes to the rescue during tracheostomy

Authors: Animesh Ray, Bharath, Sanjeev Sinha, Saurav Sekhar Paul

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 1/2019

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We had a teenage boy in our ICU, who was a case of acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP) with type 2 respiratory failure and requiring mechanical ventilatory support. In view of prolonged mechanical ventilation, he was taken up for percutaneous tracheostomy (PCT) under bronchoscopic guidance [1]. …
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Álvarez-Maldonado P, Pérez-Rosales A, et al. Bronchoscopy-guided percutaneous tracheostomy. A safe technique in intensive care. Cir. 2013;81(2):93–7.
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Title
A smartphone comes to the rescue during tracheostomy
Authors
Animesh Ray
Bharath
Sanjeev Sinha
Saurav Sekhar Paul
Publication date
01-12-2019
Publisher
BioMed Central
Keyword
Tracheostomy
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-019-2324-x

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