title: A clinical evaluation of the 'Rapitrach'. A bedside percutaneous tracheostomy technique.
abstract: A number of percutaneous tracheostomy devices are now available commercially. We report a preliminary clinical study of the use of the 'Rapitrach' kit (Fresenius, Runcorn, Cheshire, UK). Twenty critically ill adult patients underwent tracheostomy using the kit. Nineteen of the procedures were carried out at the bedside in the intensive therapy unit. Correct tube placement was achieved in all cases.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, St James's Hospital, Leeds.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bodenham
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cohen
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Webster
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008875:Middle Aged; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*