Everitt E (2016) Tracheostomy 2: Managing the weaning of a temporary tracheostomy. Nursing Times; 112: 20, 17-19. The second article of this four-part series on tracheostomy care describes the process ...

The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death in 2014 concluded that tracheostomy care fell below what is safe and reasonable to expect, and that staff needed training in this ...

A fenestrated tracheostomy tube contains openings that allow air to pass through the area of the throat that leads to the mouth and nose. In a tracheostomy, a surgeon creates an opening in the front ...

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 ...

A fenestrated tracheostomy tube has an additional opening that can allow more functionality than one without. But it carries additional risks. A tracheostomy is a procedure to create an opening in ...