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Percutaneous dilatational tracheotomy in high-risk ICU patients.

Enzo LüsebrinkAlexander KrogmannFranziska TietzMatthias RiebischRainer OkrojekFriedhelm PeltzCarsten SkurkCarsten HullermannJan SackarndDietmar WassilowskyKarl ToischerClemens SchererMichael PreuschChristoph TestoriUlrike FlierlSven PeterssSabine HoffmannNikolaus KneidingerChristian HaglSteffen MassbergSebastian ZimmerPeter LuedikeTienush RassafHolger ThieleAndreas SchäferMartin Orbannull null
Published in: Annals of intensive care (2021)
In this international, multicenter study bronchoscopy-guided PDT was a safe and low-complication airway management option, even in a cohort of high risk for bleeding on cardiovascular ICUs. Low platelet count, chronic kidney disease and previous stroke were identified as independent risk factors of bleeding during and after PDT but not triple therapy.
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