title: Are New Devices for Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy Really Needed? Yes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences University of Naples "Federico II" Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vargas
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience and Reproductive and Odontostomatological Sciences University of Naples "Federico II" Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Servillo
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Sciences and Integrated Diagnostics Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino IST University of Genoa Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pelosi
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Department of Respiratory Care Massachusetts General Hospital Boston, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kacmarek
mesh_terms: D000403:Airway Resistance; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000379:methods*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods*