ALLMedicine™ Tracheostomy Center

Oct 2nd, 2022 - Intraoperative innominate artery injury is life-threatening in tracheomalacia patients with prolonged tracheostomy. Anesthetic management is challenging in cases with massive hemorrhage into the endotracheal tube. We report a case in which we succ...

Oct 2nd, 2022 - Post-extubation respiratory failure is associated with a poor prognosis due to increased ventilator-associated pneumonia, and longer length of stay in the ICU and hospital. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the efficacy of high-flow nasal cannul...

Oct 2nd, 2022 - We performed a systematic review of mechanically ventilated patients with COVID-19, which analysed the effect of tracheostomy timing and technique (surgical vs percutaneous) on mortality. Secondary outcomes included intensive care unit (ICU) and h...

Oct 1st, 2022 - To determine factors associated with frequent emergency department (ED) visits and hospitalizations after pediatric tracheostomy. A prospective cohort of children (<18 years) with a tracheostomy placed at a tertiary children's hospital between 201...

Oct 1st, 2022 - To describe the current clinical practice patterns of Canadian pediatric respirologists at pediatric tertiary care institutions regarding chronic tracheostomy tube care and management of home invasive ventilation. A pediatric respirologist/pediatr...

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...

Sep 29th, 2022 - Background Recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP) is a rare papillomatous disease of the aerodigestive tract that is caused by the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). RRP can progress to cause airway compromise, fatal pulmonary lesions, and invasive ...

Sep 19th, 2022 - The investigators will conduct a prospective cohort study of enrolled patients seen in initial consultation by our H&N cancer surgeons and/or Radiation Oncologists either at AMC or HRH. Data collected from patients in the form of quality of life a...

Sep 16th, 2022 - This is an open-label and non-randomized first-in-human (Phase 1) clinical trial which incorporates an escalating single dose paradigm to assess safety of the gene transfer vector scAAV9/JeT-GAN administered intrathecally to target the brain and s...

Sep 2nd, 2022 - Objective of this case series was to evaluate the characteristics of early COVID-19 tracheostomy and its effect on laboratory parameters. A series of 17 patients with COVID-19undergo surgical tracheostomy in our intensive care unit. Demographic pa...

Aug 24th, 2022 - This study, patients who were admitted to the intensive care unit of hospital and who had a tracheostomy were examined. This is a retrospective study conducted to evaluate the method used during tracheostomy and themcomplications that occurred dur...

Sep 16th, 2022 - PHILADELPHIA — Tracheostomy was associated with better in-hospital survival for intubated patients with severe COVID-19 infection compared with intubated patients who did not receive a tracheostomy, a study has shown. Multivariate analysis reveale...

Jun 15th, 2022 - Pneumatosis intestinalis (PI) is the finding of gas within the walls of the intestine on imaging. It is most commonly detected via radiograph or computed tomography (CT).

Jun 2nd, 2022 - COPENHAGEN — Pregnant women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) are at significantly higher risk of requiring transfusion, developing a cerebrovascular disorder, or developing acute renal failure than pregnant women without SLE, a review of da...

May 26th, 2022 - Severe airway injuries are a “not infrequent” consequence after children swallow button batteries, which are commonly found in many household electronics, according to a systematic review published online in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery.

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...