RT Book, Section
A1 Marinaro, Jonathan L.
A1 Azevedo, Keith
A1 Freeman, Bradley D.
A2 Farcy, David A.
A2 Chiu, William C.
A2 Marshall, John P.
A2 Osborn, Tiffany M.
SR Print(0)
ID 1135700013
T1 Percutaneous Tracheostomy for the Intensivist
T2 Critical Care Emergency Medicine, 2e
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071838764
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135700013
RD 2024/04/20
AB Percutaneous  dilatational  tracheostomy  (PDT)  is  one  of  the  most  commonly  performed  ICU  procedures.  For  clinicians  performing  PDT,  knowledge  of  the  pertinent  anatomy,  indications  and  contraindications,  techniques,  potential  complications,  and  postprocedural  tracheostomy  care  are  crucial  to  desirable  outcomes.  As  this  book  is  directed  to  the  EM  intensivist,  this  chapter  will  focus  on  PDT  for  the  nonsurgeon.