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Figure 3

From: Traditional landmark versus ultrasound guided tracheal puncture during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in adult intensive care patients: a randomised controlled trial

Figure 3

Ultrasound anatomy of the neck. (a) Top: Panoramic longitudinal view. The asterisk indicates the cricoid cartilage, and the arrows point to the tracheal rings. Bottom: Panoramic transverse view. The asterisk indicates the thyroid gland, the double-arrows point to the left and right carotid arteries and the jugular vein, and the single arrow points to the tracheal cartilage, ideal puncture site in the anterior midline. (b) Actual longitudinal (top) and transverse (bottom) views obtained with a linear probe during bedside percutaneous tracheostomy. Panoramic ultrasound images courtesy of James Rippey.

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