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Safety and Efficiency of Interventional Pulmonologists Performing Percutaneous Tracheostomy
Author(s) -
Lonny Yarmus,
Vinciya Pandian,
Christopher R. Gilbert,
Adam Schiavi,
Adil H. Haider,
Albert Chi,
Athir Morad,
Christina A. Miller,
David T. Efron,
Kent A. Stevens,
Shravani Gangidi,
Ravi Vaswani,
Elliott R. Haut,
Marek A. Mirski,
Nasir I. Bhatti,
David FellerKopman
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
respiration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1423-0356
pISSN - 0025-7931
DOI - 10.1159/000339321
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonologists , incidence (geometry) , percutaneous , retrospective cohort study , emergency medicine , anesthesia , surgery , intensive care medicine , physics , optics
The steady rise in the number of critically ill patients in the USA has led to an increase in the need for tracheostomies in patients requiring chronic ventilatory support. There is a matched need for experienced operators to safely and efficiently perform these procedures.

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