Jeffrey Guy, MD, MSc, MMHC, speaks with Bradley D. Freeman, MD, FACS, to discuss his article published in the October Critical Care Medicine, “Tracheostomy Practice in Adults with Acute Respiratory Failure.” The article provides a comprehensive review of the benefits of tracheostomy as well as the latest techniques and offers insight on future studies. Freeman is a professor of surgery in the Section of Acute Care Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri.
