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Indian J Crit Care Med · Nov 2013
Real-time ultrasound guided percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in critically ill patients: A step towards safety!
- Sukanya Mitra, Dheeraj Kapoor, Meghana Srivastava, and Harpreet Sandhu.
- Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh, India.
- Indian J Crit Care Med. 2013 Nov 1;17(6):367-9.
AbstractThere are few reports and observational data that support the safety and efficacy of real-time ultrasound guided (USG) percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) when compared with unguided tracheostomy. We performed real-time USG PDT in our intensive care unit (ICU) patients with the aim of providing safe and cost effective point-of-care management. Real-time ultrasonography has the potential advantage of enabling the clinicians to define the needle path by showing displacement of tissues ahead of needle.
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