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Realtime ultrasound guided percutaneous tracheostomy in emergency setting: the glass ceiling has been broken.

Parli Raghavan RaviM N VijaiSachin Shouche
Published in: Disaster and military medicine (2017)
USPCT has a definitive role in emergency both in trauma and non-trauma setting. It is safe, feasible and faster in experienced hands. Use of USPCT in emergency setting has further narrowed the list of contraindications of percutaneous tracheostomy.
Keyphrases
  • ultrasound guided
  • public health
  • emergency department
  • healthcare
  • fine needle aspiration
  • minimally invasive
  • mechanical ventilation
  • emergency medical
  • intensive care unit