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Real-time ultrasound-guided percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy

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  1. Critical Care, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, India

    Jose Chacko & Jahan Nikahat

  2. KMC Hospital, Mangalore, India

    Brar Gagan

  3. Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, India

    Kumar Umesh & Moorthy Ramanathan

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Chacko, J., Nikahat, J., Gagan, B. et al. Real-time ultrasound-guided percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy. Intensive Care Med 38, 920–921 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-012-2514-3

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