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Timing of Tracheostomy, Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation and Duration of Hospitalization among a Sample of Pediatric Patients

open access: yesPhilippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2019
Objective: To determine if there is a difference in the duration of mechanical ventilation and hospitalization between patients who underwent early compared to late tracheostomy.
Jose Brian Ferrolino   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Investigation of Advantages and Disadvantages of Percutaneous and Surgical Tracheostomies

open access: yesHaseki Tıp Bülteni, 2018
Aim: In our study, we aimed to evaluate surgical tracheostomy and percutaneous tracheostomy and to investigate their complications. Methods: In this study, we retrospectively evaluated medical records of 56 patients who underwent percutaneous ...
Cemal Hacı   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk Factors for Tracheostomy after Traumatic Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: A 10‐Year Study of 456 Patients

open access: yesOrthopaedic Surgery, 2022
Objectives To explore the difference between tracheostomy and non‐tracheostomy and identify the risk factors associated with the need for tracheostomy after traumatic cervical spinal cord injury (TCSCI). Methods The demographic and injury characteristics
Ping‐ping Long   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

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

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

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

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

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

Surgical Tracheostomy Outcomes in COVID-19–Positive Patients

open access: yesOTO Open, 2021
Objective The aim of this case series was to demonstrate that surgical tracheostomy can be undertaken safely in critically ill mechanically ventilated patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and that it is an effective weaning tool.
Alona Courtney MSc, MRCS   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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