Tracheostomy within the first 4 days after hospital admission has become common for critically ill patients who have trouble breathing. Clinicians often perceive potential benefits with early ...

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 ...

The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death in 2014 concluded that tracheostomy care fell below what is safe and reasonable to expect, and that staff needed training in this ...

Studio shot of blue line cuffed tracheotomy tube, Tracheotomy is a surgical procedure where a tube is inserted into the windpipe (trachea) to help a patient breathe. It is usually carried out when ...

WHEN patients have severe airway obstruction or swallowing difficulties, as may occur with bulbar poliomyelitis, the insertion of a tracheostomy tube may be required to ensure a clear airway, to ...

A tracheostomy performed within the first seven days after a severe head injury results in better overall patient outcome, according to a team of Penn State College of Medicine researchers. This is ...

Higgins D (2009) Basic nursing principles of caring for patients with a tracheostomy. Nursing Times; 105: 3, 14-15. This one-part unit outlines background information to complement a series of ...

The use of early tracheostomy has increased among acute care patients with stroke who are receiving mechanical ventilation, and more of these patients are being discharged to skilled nursing ...

Editor’s Note: Susannah Hills is a pediatric airway surgeon at the New York Presbyterian Hospital and the Columbia University Medical Center. She also serves as assistant professor of ...

Incidence of human papillomavirus (HPV)-related head and neck cancers in the U.S. from 1998–2003: Pre-HPV vaccine licensure No significant financial relationships to disclose. This is an ASCO Meeting ...