When breathing was changed from through the nose and mouth to through the tracheostomy, it was found that ventilation declined to an extent that could be accounted for by the upper-airway dead ...

On average, patients were breathing on their own 4 days faster with the tracheostomy collar. The importance of 4 fewer days on a ventilator is profound.

The research compared twocommon methods for removing such patients from a ventilator, a practice known as weaning. One is to use a tracheostomy collar, which is placed over a breathing tube in a ...

A tracheostomy is required when the patient is on a ventilator for more than 2-3 weeks. A ventilator is a machine that supports breathing and is connected to a tube that goes through the tracheostomy.

A tracheostomy can help relieve discomfort from the tube, and is used if a ventilator is needed long term. Why are ventilators needed for patients with COVID-19?

The devastating disorder weakens muscles, including the diaphragm, which is essential to breathing. ALS patients eventually face a choice of using a ventilator — which requires a tracheostomy ...

Tracheostomy should be delayed in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial.

Kolkata: Actor Soumitra Chatterjee underwent a tracheostomy — that will help improve his respiratory condition — at Belle Vue Clinic on Wednesday. On ventilation for close to a month, the 85 ...

Popular Malayalam television anchor and actor Rajesh Keshav is showing encouraging signs of recovery after suffering a cardiac arrest in Kochi on Augu ...

ATLANTA—Doctors have replaced Bobbi Kristina Brown’s breathing tube with a tube usually used for patients who need to be on a ventilator for an extended period, a person close to the family ...

State lawmakers are considering a bill that would give extra funding to facilities prioritizing ventilator and tracheostomy care.