Objective: The aim of this study is to present our experience with elective surgical tracheostomy (ST) performed at the intensive care unit (ICU) bedside in order to evaluate its efficacy in terms of ...

Early in my career I was consulted for Emmy, a 6-week-old baby in the pediatric intensive care unit. Emmy had a genetic condition requiring a breathing tube and ventilator to support her lungs. The ...

Nearly one-third of very premature infants develop late-onset sepsis, a life-threatening infection that occurs more than three days after birth, according to new research from Children's Hospital of ...

What The Viewpoint Says: Lessons learned from the 2003 severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic may help reduce the spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS- CoV-2), ...

A tracheotomy can be associated with fatal complications for the patient. Eckard Klemm and Andreas Nowak investigated the causes and rates of deaths due to this intervention. They present the results ...

A prospective, noncomparative study in a medical/surgical ICU was carried out over a 24-month period. A total of 140 consecutive critically ill patients were selected to undergo the procedure at the ...