Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 5 , Pages 749-753 , May 2010

Tracheostomy in patients with long-term mechanical ventilation: A survey

  • Santino Marchese

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Terapia Intensiva Respiratoria, Ospedale Civico, ARNAS, Via C. Lazzaro, 2 – 90129 Palermo, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +39 091 666 3506; fax: +39 091 666 3505.
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  • Antonio Corrado

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Careggi, Firenze, Italy
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  • Raffaele Scala

      Affiliations

    • Pulmonary Unit, Ospedale S. Donato, ASL 8 Arezzo, Italy
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  • Salvatore Corrao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Palermo, Italy
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  • Nicolino Ambrosino

      Affiliations

    • Cardiothoracic Department, Pulmonary Unit, University Hospital of Pisa,Volterra, Italy
    • Weaning and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Unit, Auxilium Vitae, Volterra, Italy
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  • On behalf of the Intensive Care Study Group, Italian Association of Hospital Pulmonologists (AIPO)

Received 10 July 2009 ,Accepted 5 January 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2010.01.003

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 104, Issue 5 , Pages 749-753 , May 2010

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