The emotional strain on parents and other caregivers faced with deciding whether a tracheotomy is the best treatment for ...
February 10, 2012 (Houston, Texas) — Changing tracheostomy tubes early (before day 7) is associated with earlier ability to tolerate a speaking valve and allows patients to take nourishment by mouth ...
Complication rates of percutaneous dilational tracheostomy (PDT) are low and similar with or without use of bronchoscopy, according to a retrospective cohort study published online December 30 in JAMA ...
For critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation, early tracheostomy (within the first 4 days after admission) was not associated with an improvement in the risk of death within 30 days ...
To estimate the risk of death or tracheostomy placement (D/T) in infants with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (sBPD) born <32 weeks' gestation referred to regional neonatal intensive care units.
Caloway, Christen, Alisa Yamasaki, Kevin M. Callans, Mahek Shah, Robert S. Kaplan, and Christopher Hartnick. "Quantifying the Benefits from a Care Coordination Program for Tracheostomy Placement in ...