Exempel på tracheostomy

• Approximately 5% of patients eventually choose to have tracheostomy and mechanical ventilation, which can extend survival indefinitely despite continuing disease progression.

• I had consulted with an ethicist about doing a tracheostomy.

• Death from any cause, tracheostomy, or chronic assisted ventilation was considered a survival endpoint.

• It would be best if he could go home, but he cannot because it would be too dangerous because of his tracheostomy.

• He had a tracheostomy for breathing and a jejunostomy tube for nutrition and hydration.

• Eventually, they become bedbound and require breathing support, first by noninvasive ventilation, then eventually tracheostomy with mechanical ventilation.

• This is extremely important when treating patients with wounds or burns, or patients with catheters or tracheostomies.

• Deaths (or tracheostomy) were reported as they occurred: either event was considered a survival endpoint.

• The sixth patient died with intense congestion and a cascade of problems ending in tracheal haemorrhage due to erosion of a tracheostomy into the left carotid artery.

• Those using catheters or tracheostomies are also at risk.

• Sterile tracheostomy dressings are not available on general practitioner prescription, but they continue to be available to discharged patients through the hospital service.

• The main concern at that time was whether eligibility for a badge should be extended to children under the age of two with tracheostomies.

• Tracheostomy is often used to relieve upper respiratory tract infections.

• Medical devices to assist with coughing help patients maintain clear airways, avoiding mucous plugs and avoiding the need for tracheostomy tubes.

• This operation has been identified as the first recorded successful tracheostomy, despite many ancient references to the trachea and possibly to its opening.