Are New Devices for Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy Really Needed? Yes

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences University of Naples "Federico II" Naples, Italy.
² Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino IST University of Genoa Genoa, Italy.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department of Respiratory Care Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.

Comment

Maria Vargas et al. Respir Care. 2015 Jul.

. 2015 Jul;60(7):e133.

doi: 10.4187/respcare.04232.

¹ Department of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences University of Naples "Federico II" Naples, Italy.
² Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino IST University of Genoa Genoa, Italy.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department of Respiratory Care Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.

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Comment on

Double lumen endotracheal tube for percutaneous tracheostomy.
Vargas M, Servillo G, Tessitore G, Aloj F, Brunetti I, Arditi E, Salami D, Kacmarek RM, Pelosi P. Vargas M, et al. Respir Care. 2014 Nov;59(11):1652-9. doi: 10.4187/respcare.03161. Epub 2014 Aug 26. Respir Care. 2014. PMID: 25161301
Are New Airway Devices for Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy Really Needed?
Sangwan YS. Sangwan YS. Respir Care. 2015 Jul;60(7):e132. doi: 10.4187/respcare.04160. Respir Care. 2015. PMID: 26113570 No abstract available.