What is the optimal timing for tracheostomy in intubated patients?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, California, U.S.A.
² Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, U.S.A.

Review

Bharat A Panuganti et al. Laryngoscope. 2020 May.

. 2020 May;130(5):1108-1109.

doi: 10.1002/lary.28382. Epub 2019 Nov 12.

¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, California, U.S.A.
² Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, U.S.A.

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