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Ann Thorac Surg 1997;64:985
© 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Invited Commentary

Invited Commentary

Richard J. Thurer, MD

Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery R-114, University of Miami School of Medicine, Box 016960, Miami, FL 33101

The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below.

See also page 982.

Doctor Flum and his colleagues have reported a large experience with tracheostomy in HIV infected individuals, virtually all of whom had clinical AIDS. The mean CD4 counts were very low, 21.8 ± 3.6 cells/µL. The retrospective study spans a 7-year period and reports on poor outcomes in AIDS patients in whom tracheostomy is done, with somewhat better outcomes in certain small, well-defined groups.

Although accurately portraying the experience . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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