title: The role of cricothyrotomy, tracheostomy, and percutaneous tracheostomy in airway management.
abstract: Cricothyrotomy, percutaneous dilation tracheostomy, and surgical tracheostomy are cost-effective and safe techniques employed in the management of critically ill patients requiring insertion of an artificial airway. These procedures have been well characterized and studied in the surgical, emergency medicine, and critical care literature. This article focuses on the role of each of these modalities in airway management, specifically comparing the data for each procedure in regard to procedural outcomes. The authors discuss the techniques available and the relevant background data regarding choice of each method and its integration into clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Section of Interventional Pulmonology, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 8007 Burnett Womack, CB 7219, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7219, USA.
authors.forename: Jason A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Akulian
authors.affiliation: Section of Interventional Pulmonology, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, 1800 Orleans Street, Suite 7125, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Lonny
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yarmus
authors.affiliation: Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology, Section of Interventional Pulmonology, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. Electronic address: dfellerk@jhmi.edu.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Feller-Kopman
mesh_terms: D058109:Airway Management / Q000379:methods*; D003413:Cricoid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery*; D003422:Critical Care; D016638:Critical Illness; D006801:Humans; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy*; D013957:Thyroid Cartilage / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Airway management; Cricothyrotomy; Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy; Surgical tracheostomy