Experience with 224 percutaneous dilatational tracheostomies at an adult intensive care unit in Bahrain: A descriptive study

Tracheostomy is one of the most commonly performed procedures in critically ill patients. Over the past 15 years, many large university hospitals have reported their experience with percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT). We have described and compared our experience with 224 PDTs that we perf...

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Main Authors: Hameed Akmal, Mohamed Hasan, Al-Ansari Mariam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2008-01-01
Series:Annals of Thoracic Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.thoracicmedicine.org/article.asp?issn=1817-1737;year=2008;volume=3;issue=1;spage=18;epage=22;aulast=Hameed