Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8621775 | Revista Colombiana de Anestesiología | 2017 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Percutaneous dilational cricothyrotomy is a quick procedure and can become a valuable tool in securing the airway in cases of critical supraglottic obstruction in patients who will be taken to surgery and carry a risk of loss of permeability of the airway; in this article we make a report of a succesful case of it utilization and we review the available evidence on the preventive use of cricothyrotomy and the outcomes in this context.
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Authors
Santiago Medina-RamÃrez, Juan Camilo Posada-Upegui, Lina MarÃa Hoyos-Fajardo, Diomer Avendaño-Quintero,