ALLMedicine™ Tracheostomy Center

May 21st, 2022 - BACKGROUND A wide variety of emergency scenarios associated with tracheostomy tubes have been reported in patients with complex airway disease. Fracture of a tracheostomy tube is a rare complication with a potential for catastrophic outcome. The a...

May 18th, 2022 - To describe characteristics, outcomes, and risk factors for death or tracheostomy with home mechanical ventilation in full-term infants with chronic lung disease (CLD) admitted to regional neonatal intensive care units. This was a multicenter, ret...

May 18th, 2022 - In this randomized controlled trial the investigators wish to investigate the effect of an oral neuromuscular training device (called IQoro) on swallowing function and time until decannulation from a tracheostomy tube, in patients admitted for neu...

May 17th, 2022 - National Cohort Study of Health Care Resource Use After Pediatric Tracheostomy.|2022|Powell J,Keltie K,Sims A,Richardson H,Brodlie M,|

May 17th, 2022 - Coformulated sodium phenylbutyrate/taurursodiol (PB/TURSO) was shown to prolong survival and slow functional decline in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Determine whether PB/TURSO prolonged tracheostomy/ventilation-free survival and/or reduced...

Sep 24th, 2020 - Management of patients with a tracheostomy tube includes many components of care provided by clinicians from various health care disciplines. In recent years, clinicians worldwide have demonstrated a renewed interest in the management of patients ...

Jun 9th, 2020 - The role of tracheostomy during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic remains unknown. The goal of this consensus statement is to examine the current evidence for performing tracheostomy in patients with respiratory failure from COVID-1...

Dec 29th, 2016 - Rib fractures are identified in 10% of all injury victims and are associated with significant morbidity (33%) and mortality (12%). Significant progress has been made in the management of rib fractures over the past few decades, including operative...

Mar 25th, 2008 - Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in ventilated critically ill patients. To develop evidence-based guidelines for the prevention of VAP. MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Database of Sys...

May 18th, 2022 - In this randomized controlled trial the investigators wish to investigate the effect of an oral neuromuscular training device (called IQoro) on swallowing function and time until decannulation from a tracheostomy tube, in patients admitted for neu...

Apr 20th, 2022 - Critically ill patients, who are mechanically ventilated, suffer not only from their acute, potentially devastating illness, but also from the lack of ability to communicate in an effective manner. This is the direct result of the orotracheal tube...

Apr 18th, 2022 - age group between 18-65 years, intubated and ventilated patients due to respiratory failure from severe lung infection and/or traumatic lung contusion [respiratory failure was diagnosed by arterial blood gases (ABG) with partial pressure of oxygen...

Apr 15th, 2022 - The TEAM Trial is a definitive phase III multi-centre randomised controlled trial in mechanically ventilated patients. Supported by compelling preliminary data, the trial will determine whether early activity and mobilisation during mechanical ven...

Apr 12th, 2022 - The investigators propose a prospective randomized control trial evaluating the use of simulation to prepare caregivers for the discharge of children dependent on respiratory technology. All caregivers of children who are (1) inpatient with a newl...

May 9th, 2022 - Early tracheostomy offers no significant improvement in survival without severe disability than the standard approach to tracheostomy in patients on mechanical ventilation following a severe stroke, a new study shows. Researchers say that while th...

Mar 10th, 2022 - Respiratory and survival outcomes in the year after receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for severe COVID-19 were excellent in a highly selected group treated at one New York City hospital early in the pandemic. Of 30 such patients...

Feb 4th, 2022 - Cerebral palsy (CP) embodies a collection of disorders involving permanent but nonprogressive motor dysfunction secondary to one of a variety of abnormal disturbances that can occur in the developing fetal or infantile brain. 1 The motor impairment.

Oct 6th, 2021 - About the lead author: Tawee Tanvetyanon, MD, MPH Moffitt Cancer Center Tampa, FL Expert’s Perspective Megan E. Daly, MD Department of Radiation Oncology UC Davis Medical Center Why is this article contemporar...

Jul 29th, 2021 - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Tracheostomy care leads to significant aerosol generation, but experiments in manikins suggest covering the stoma with a heat moisture exchanger and surgical mask can lead to a significant risk reduction. Furthermore, r...