title: Guidelines for Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy (PDT) from the Danish Society of Intensive Care Medicine (DSIT) and the Danish Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DASAIM).
abstract: Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy is a common procedure in intensive care. This guideline from the Danish Society of Intensive Care Medicine (DSIT) and the Danish Society of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (DASAIM) describes indications  and contraindications, timing, complications compared to surgical tracheostomy, anaesthesia and technique, decannulation strategy, as well as training and education.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Odense University Hospital, Soendre Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense C, Denmark. kristian.roerbaek.madsen@ouh.regionsyddanmark.dk
authors.forename: Kristian Rørbæk
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guldager
authors.forename: Mikael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rewers
authors.forename: Sven-Olaf
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Kurt
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Købke-Jacobsen
authors.forename: Reinhold
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jensen
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D016638:Critical Illness; D003718:Denmark; D006801:Humans; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013997:Time Factors; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*