title: Urgent airway access--an indication for percutaneous tracheostomy?
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, South Australia.
authors.forename: W M
authors.initials: WM
authors.lastname: Griggs
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Myburgh
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Worthley
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D004630:Emergencies; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014827:Vocal Cords