Lateral long-axis airway ultrasound approach: A well tolerated choice for guiding tracheostomy

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¹ From the Department of Organ Deficiencies and Transplants, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital (BA), Department of Emergency, Anesthesia and Pain Therapy Unit, Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital (ZE), Department of Organ Deficiencies and Transplants (BE), Department of Organ Deficiencies and Transplants, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (SA).

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Amedeo Bianchini et al. Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2022.

. 2022 Jan 1;39(1):90-91.

doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000001520.

¹ From the Department of Organ Deficiencies and Transplants, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital (BA), Department of Emergency, Anesthesia and Pain Therapy Unit, Sant'Orsola Malpighi Hospital (ZE), Department of Organ Deficiencies and Transplants (BE), Department of Organ Deficiencies and Transplants, Anesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, IRCCS Sant'Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy (SA).

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