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 ...

THIS discussion is concerned with the uses of tracheostomy and mechanical respiratory devices in managing the problems encountered in a large hospital. The material presented here was obtained by a ...

Study design: Four related case reports, occurring within a 10-month time frame during 2001. Objectives: Aspiration is commonly reported in the literature as a contraindication to decannulation. We ...

Bengaluru, 31st May 2022: The Children’s Airway & Swallowing Centre (CASC) at Manipal Hospitals has launched the first-of-its-kind Paediatric Airway & Tracheostomy Safety (PATS) module. The PATS ...

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 ...

A man in his early fifties developed lingual and sublingual haematomas causing acute airway compromise that required an emergent tracheostomy. He had been on warfarin following prosthetic mitral valve ...

A tracheotomy is a surgical procedure that creates an opening into the trachea from an incision in the back of the neck for the installation of a breathing tube. This enables the patient to breathe ...

This story was originally published on MedTech Dive. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily MedTech Dive newsletter. Medtronic is recalling certain tracheostomy tubes because ...

There is a national shortage of tracheostomy tubes, including ICU Medical’s Bivona tubes, and the dearth is more likely to affect pediatric patients because there are few alternative products, the FDA ...