title: [Percutaneous tracheostomy].
abstract: Percutaneous tracheostomy using dilatation is a new technique for opening up the trachea whose use has become generalized in intensive care units since this method has numerous advantages over conventional tracheostomy and a lesser number of adverse effects. This article describes a nursing protocol for this technique; it reviews its most frequent complications and it details the nursing care which patients require once they have undergone.
authors.affiliation: D.U.E. Hospital General Universitario Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Martín Rivera
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Salas Campos
mesh_terms: D004106:Dilatation; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000379:methods*