February 10, 2012 (Houston, Texas) — Changing tracheostomy tubes early (before day 7) is associated with earlier ability to tolerate a speaking valve and allows patients to take nourishment by mouth ...
Caloway, Christen, Alisa Yamasaki, Kevin M. Callans, Mahek Shah, Robert S. Kaplan, and Christopher Hartnick. "Quantifying the Benefits from a Care Coordination Program for Tracheostomy Placement in ...
Complication rates of percutaneous dilational tracheostomy (PDT) are low and similar with or without use of bronchoscopy, according to a retrospective cohort study published online December 30 in JAMA ...