Should Tracheostomy Be Performed as Early as 72 Hours in Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation?

Charles G Durbin; Michael P Perkins; Lisa K Moores

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Should Tracheostomy Be Performed as Early as 72 Hours in Patients Requiring Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation?

Charles G Durbin, Michael P Perkins and Lisa K Moores

Respiratory Care January 2010, 55 (1) 76-87;

Charles G Durbin Jr

Department of Anesthesiology, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia.

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For correspondence: cgd8v@virginia.edu

Michael P Perkins

Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC.

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Lisa K Moores

Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.

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