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Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy
Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift (1946), 2011Tracheostomy is a surgical procedure commonly performed in critically ill patients. Formerly, the majority of tracheostomies were performed in the operating theatre mainly by head-and-neck surgeons. However, since Ciaglia et al. introduced percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) in 1985, many intensive care physicians consider it to be a core ...
Robert Martynoga, Chris Danbury
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Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy
Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2013Tracheostomy is a commonly performed intervention with several benefits in the treatment of patients with chronic respiratory failure. Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy techniques have allowed bedside tracheostomy placement in the modern intensive care unit.
David W, Hsia +2 more
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Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy
Clinics in Chest Medicine, 2018Tracheostomy tubes can be inserted surgically or percutaneously via percutaneous dilational tracheostomy (PDT). Tracheostomy is performed for upper airway obstruction, though more often to allow prolonged mechanical ventilation in place of endotracheal tubes.
Andrew D, Lerner, Lonny, Yarmus
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A Modified Technique for Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy
Journal of Intensive Care Medicine, 2023Purpose: Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is widely used in mechanical ventilation patients to facilitate weaning. This modified technique aims to reduce accidental intraprocedural airway loss and desaturation associated with current PDT techniques. Materials and Methods: This is a single-center, prospective cohort study of 100 patients who
Zahra Ghotbi +3 more
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Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy
Southern Medical Journal, 1995Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) offers a nonoperative alternative to patients needing an elective tracheostomy. The technique associated with PDT is essentially a progressive dilatation using blunt-tipped dilators for the placement of a tracheostomy tube.
A, Chendrasekhar +2 more
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A dangerous percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy
Intensive Care Medicine, 2013A 60-year-old male underwent emergent coronary artery bypass grafting for acute myocardial infarction. The patient was admitted postoperatively to our Intensive care unit (ICU) with a severe cardiogenic shock. During the first postoperative day he developed renal and severe respiratory failure.
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Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy
Nihon Kikan Shokudoka Gakkai Kaiho, 2016Tracheostomy, once thought of as a procedure with tremendous morbidity and mortality and only utilized in lifesaving circumstances, is now a routinely performed procedure in the intensive care unit. Indicated for patients with prolonged mechanical ventilator support, percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy can facilitate more aggressive ventilator ...
K. Saito, R. Suzuki
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The percutaneous dilatational subcricoid tracheostomy
British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 1994Tracheostomy is frequently required during maxillofacial procedures. The percutaneous technique is described and advocated as a rapid easily mastered procedure, although there is a definite learning curve and it is not without a potential for complications.
P D, Earl, J C, Lowry
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Dilatational Percutaneous Tracheostomy
The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care, 1999Major inherent risks associated with percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy include loss of airway during endotracheal tube manipulation, inability to cannulate the trachea below the endotracheal tube, and difficulties related to neck anatomy.Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy technique was modified to make the incision in the suprasternal area ...
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Experience with Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy
Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology, 2000Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy (PDT) has gained popularity among critical care specialists in the past 10 years. The initial studies in our specialty resulted in essentially banning the procedure as a dangerous substitute for standard operative tracheostomy.
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