Open AccessPercutaneous tracheostomy in critically ill patients: 24 months experience at a tertiary care hospital in United Arab Emirates
Author(s) -
Raees Ahmed,
Sherif R Rady,
Javed Iqbal Mohammad Siddique,
Muhammad Iqbal
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.58956
Subject(s) - medicine , glasgow coma scale , intensive care unit , percutaneous , apache ii , surgery , critically ill , complication
We assessed the safety and complications related to percutaneous tracheostomy (PCT) without bronchoscopic guidance in our intensive care unit (ICU).