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Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy complicated by delayed life-threatening haemorrhage
S A Bernard1, B M Jones, W A Shearer
1Intensive Care Unit, Dandenong and District Hospital, Victoria, Australia.
The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery
|February 1, 1992
Abstract:
Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy has become increasingly popular as an alternative to formal surgical tracheostomy. We report a case of profuse, life-threatening haemorrhage which occurred after percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy.