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Microbiological evaluation of different reprocessing methods for cuffed and un-cuffed tracheostomy tubes in home-care and hospital setting [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Background: Manufacturers’ recommendations on cleaning of tracheostomy tubes focus on general warning information and non-specific manual cleaning procedures.
Assadian, Ojan   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Early tracheostomy is associated with better prognosis in patients with brainstem hemorrhage [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Integrative Neuroscience, 2020
Brainstem hemorrhage is presumed to be invariably associated with a poor prognosis in people with spontaneous hypertensive cerebral hemorrhage. The optimal timing of tracheostomy placement in brainstem hemorrhage patients, who generally require ...
Wei-Long Ding, Yong-Sheng Xiang, Jian-Cheng Liao, Shi-Yong Wang, Xiang-Yu Wang
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tracheostomy Applications in the COVID and Non-COVID Intensive Care Units: A Single-center Experience

open access: yesTürk Yoğun Bakim Derneği Dergisi, 2023
Objective:In the early stages of the pandemic, there were reservations about early tracheostomy due to the high risk of infection transmission. We reported the clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients who underwent an elective tracheostomy ...
Gülbahar Çalışkan   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevalence and Timing of Tracheostomy and Its Impact on Clinical Outcomes in COVID-19 Pneumonia Patients in Dubai Hospital

open access: yesDubai Medical Journal, 2021
Introduction: Coronavirus has caused more than a million deaths as of October 2020. Hospitals consider tracheostomy after the patient is virus negative, usually after 3 weeks.
Rashid Nadeem   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Predictors of Successful Decannulation Using a Tracheostomy Retainer in Patients with Prolonged Weaning and Persisting Respiratory Failure [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: For percutaneously tracheostomized patients with prolonged weaning and persisting respiratory failure, the adequate time point for safe decannulation and switch to noninvasive ventilation is an important clinical issue.
Abboussouan LS   +30 more
core   +2 more sources

Prophylactic tracheostomy in aged and poor risk general surgical patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 1959
The most common postoperative complications are those involving respiration, and they are especially dangerous to patients classified as poor risks because of age or other handicaps.
Farrell, JJ, Meyer, WH, Starzl, TE
core   +1 more source

Video-Based Tracheostomy Care Education for Medical Students

open access: yesOTO Open, 2022
Objective Tracheostomy is a common procedure that requires management by a multidisciplinary team of health care providers across a range of surgical and nonsurgical specialties. Nonsurgical health care providers have demonstrated a lack of knowledge and
Serena F. Pu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fractured Tracheostomy Tube - An Unusual Foreign Body in Tracheobronchial Tree

open access: yesBengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, 2017
Introduction Approximately 20% of patients with tracheostomy are discharged from hospital with the tracheostomy  tube in situ. Proper long term care and management of such tracheostomy patients remains as a challenge to care givers. Fracture of metallic
Sanu P Moideen   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Outcome of Early versus Late Tracheostomy in Neurosurgical critical Patient

open access: yesNepal Journal of Neuroscience, 2019
The Study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of early tracheostomy and of late tracheostomy in neurosurgical critical patients. A retrospective chart review of Neurosurgical critical patients who underwent Tracheostomy from September 2017 to ...
Bal Ram Neupane, Anita Lamichhane
doaj   +1 more source

State of the art in tracheal surger. A brief literature review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background: Tracheal surgery requires a highly specialized team of anesthesiologists, thoracic surgeons, and operative support staff. It remain a formidable challenge for surgeons due to the criticality connected to anatomical considerations ...
Ibrahim, Mohsen   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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