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Is Fibreoptic Percutaneous Tracheostomy in ICU A Breakthrough

BACKGROUND: In ICUs, bedside percutaneous tracheostomy (pct) is commonly performed, but it is associated with certain drawbacks as paratracheal placement, posterior tracheal wall injury and tracheoesophageal fistula. To address these fibreoptic bronchoscope (FOB) guided PCT was introduced. We aimed...

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Autores principales: Agarwal, Ankit, Singh, DK
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3087259/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21547181