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 ...

Oct. 22, 2025—The emotional strain on parents and other caregivers faced with deciding whether a tracheotomy is the best treatment for their child is hard to measure. The latest clinical practice ...

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 ...

2021 DEC 22 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Business Daily-- New research on Surgery - Tracheotomy is the subject of a report. According to news reporting ...

Bouraïma, F. , Ametonou, C. , Agbokponto, A. , Hounlelou, V. and Flatin, M. (2026) Tracheotomy in an African Hospital Setting ...

Patients who undergo tracheotomy should be carefully monitored for a while after surgery, say Turkish researchers. Surgeons should be aware of the significant increases in thyroid hormones that can ...

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 ...

Vatican Press Director Joaquin Navarro-Valls confirmed a short time ago that doctors at Rome’s Gemelli hospital have successfully performed a tracheotomy on Pope John Paul II. The Vatican indicated ...

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 ...

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 ...