Tracheostomy in high-risk patients on ECMO: A bedside hybrid dilational technique utilizing a Rummel tourniquet

Tracheostomy in high-risk patients on ECMO: A bedside hybrid dilational technique utilizing a Rummel tourniquet

Objective: Traditionally, critically ill patients requiring prolonged mechanical ventilation benefit from a long-term airway, thus necessitating tracheostomy. The widespread application of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has exponentially increased in recent years, creating a new subset o...

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Main Authors: Britton B. Donato, MD, MPH, MS, Marisa Sewell, MD, Megan Campany, BS, Ga-ram Han, MD, Taylor S. Orton, MD, Marko Laitinen, MD, Jacob Hammond, MD, Xindi Chen, BA, Jasmina Ingersoll, CST, Ayan Sen, MD, MSc, Jonathan D'Cunha, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:Surgery Open Science
Subjects:
Tracheostomy
Rummel tourniquet
ECMO
Anticoagulation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589845023001082

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