title: Techniques of tracheostomy for intensive care unit patients.
abstract: The author and his colleagues believe that the surgical technique used constructing a tracheostomy can have a profound effect on the safety and care of patients in the intensive care unit particularly in the first few days after the operation. The Björk procedure is commended to the surgeons.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*