Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Bedside Tracheostomy safe in community hospitals

"Bedside percutaneous tracheotomy can be done in critically ill patients with a low risk of morbidity in the community hospital setting. Among 41 intensive care unit (ICU) patients who underwent the procedure, there was a 2% complication rate and no procedure-related deaths, reported by Dr. Peter Abdelmessieh, from Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, and colleagues, in a poster presentation at the recent annual meeting of the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM)." 

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