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Just the facts: indications and technique for emergency tracheotomy

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Audrey Marcotte & Joe Nemeth

  2. McGill University Health Center, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Audrey Marcotte & Joe Nemeth

  3. Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Marco A. Mascarella & L. H. Nguyen

  4. Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Marco A. Mascarella

  5. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada

    Marco A. Mascarella

  6. Department of Pediatric Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    L. H. Nguyen

  7. Institute of Health Sciences Education, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    L. H. Nguyen

  8. Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

    Joe Nemeth

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Marcotte, A., Mascarella, M.A., Nguyen, L.H. et al. Just the facts: indications and technique for emergency tracheotomy. Can J Emerg Med 25, 653–655 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-023-00538-7

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