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Use of the pro-seal laryngeal mask airway facilitates percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in an intensive care unit

PURPOSE: To study the feasibility of using the pro-seal laryngeal mask airway (LMA) for airway maintenance during bronchoscopic-guided percutaneous tracheostomy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Observational study of 60 patients in a 16-bed intensive care unit. The patient’s tracheal tube was exchanged for a...

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Autores principales: Sarkar, Suman, Shashi, P, Paswan, Anil Kumar, Anupam, R.P., Suman, S., Dube, Surya Kumar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3085219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21572749
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0972-5229.76082