Tracheostomy for COVID-19: Evolving Best Practice

Overview

Journal Crit Care

Specialty Critical Care

Date 2021 Aug 31

PMID 34461964

Citations 14

Authors

Thomas Williams

Brendan A McGrath

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Abstract

This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2021. Other selected articles can be found online at https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2021 . Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from https://link.springer.com/bookseries/8901 .

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