BookGiuseppe Servillo, Paolo Pelosi, editors.
Contents:
1. Tracheostomy: from surgical to percutaneous techniques
2. Anatomiical and sonographic landmark
3. Indication and timing
4. Surgical tracheostomy
5. Percutaneous tracheostomy: the ciaglia techniques
6. Balloon dilation tracheostomy
7. Percutaneous tracheostomy: the guide wire dilating forceps technique
8. Frova's rotational technique and Fantoni's translaryngeal tracheostomy
9. Choice of the appropriate tracheostomy technique
10. Complications of percutaneous and surgical tracheostomy in critically ill patients
11. Emergency percutaneous tracheotomy
12. Tracheostomy tube types and criteria of choice
13. Airway managment during tracheostomy: conventional device, laryngeal mask airway, double lumen endotracheal tube
14. Medical and nursing management of tracheostomy
15 .Quality of life and complications after percutaneous tracheostomy
16. Clinical practice of informed consent for percutaneous tracheostomy
17. Tracheostomy in intensive care unit: the need of European guidelines.