Journal of Critical Care
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 494-500, December 2009

Fiberoptic bronchoscopy–assisted percutaneous tracheostomy is safe in obese critically ill patients: A prospective and comparative study☆

  • Carlos M. Romero

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Unit, University of Chile Clinical Hospital
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Unidad de Pacientes Críticos, Departamento de Medicina, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Facultad de Medicina Universidad de Chile, Santos Dumont 999, Independencia, Santiago Norte, Chile. Fax: +56 2 9788264.
    • ,
  • Rodrigo A. Cornejo

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Unit, University of Chile Clinical Hospital
    • ,
  • Mauricio H. Ruiz

      Affiliations

    • Respiratory Disease Section, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Chile Clinical Hospital, 8380430
    • ,
  • L. Ricardo Gálvez

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Unit, University of Chile Clinical Hospital
    • ,
  • Osvaldo P. Llanos

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Unit, University of Chile Clinical Hospital
    • ,
  • Eduardo A. Tobar

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Unit, University of Chile Clinical Hospital
    • ,
  • Jorge F. Larrondo

      Affiliations

    • Medical Student, University of Chile Faculty of Medicine
    • ,
  • José S. Castro

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Unit, University of Chile Clinical Hospital

published online 16 September 2008.

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☆ The authors declare that they have no competing interest. This study was not supported by a medical company.

PII: S0883-9441(08)00137-8

doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2008.06.001

Journal of Critical Care
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 494-500, December 2009

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