Awake tracheostomy in a patient with acute upper airway obstruction: an emergency application of an elective percutaneous procedure

Since its introduction in 1985 with Ciaglia, percutaneous tracheostomy (PT) was contraindicated in emergency settings and obesity. However, several case series in the last 20 years have documented the use of PT in life-threatening airway emergencies. We present a case of severe acute airway obstruct...

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Autores principales: Fusco, Pierluigi, Iuorio, Angela, Della Valle, Mirco, Ferraro, Fausto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2019
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6661998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31413645
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OAEM.S201079

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6661998/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31413645
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/OAEM.S201079

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