Evidence-based guidelines for the use of tracheostomy in critically ill patients: The role of bronchoscopy

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¹ Critical Care Department, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, United States. Electronic address: jlnates@mdanderson.org.
² Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Clinica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
³ Hospital Municipal Juan A. Fernández, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Joseph L Nates et al. J Crit Care. 2017 Oct.

. 2017 Oct:41:332.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2017.07.019. Epub 2017 Jul 17.

¹ Critical Care Department, Division of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, United States. Electronic address: jlnates@mdanderson.org.
² Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Clinica Alemana, Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.
³ Hospital Municipal Juan A. Fernández, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Keywords: Clinical practice guidelines; Critically ill; ICU; Tracheostomy.

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Evidence-based guidelines for the use of tracheostomy in critically ill patients.
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