A doctor may replace a person’s ventilator with a tracheostomy if they require ventilation for an extended time. They may also use a tracheostomy to wean a person off respiratory support. A mechanical ...

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An infant tracheostomy is a medical procedure to create an opening in the neck to insert a tube into an infant’s windpipe, or trachea. Tracheostomies allow air to enter the lungs directly, bypassing ...

Each year, approximately 4,000 children undergo a tracheostomy- the surgical placement of a breathing tube- due to respiratory or neuromuscular disorders or chronic disease progression. Bacterial ...

Babies and toddlers who need a tracheostomy -- a tube surgically inserted into their windpipe to help relieve breathing problems -- are at a high risk of accumulating fluid behind their eardrum when ...

Nick Cordero underwent a tracheostomy on Friday after coronavirus led to him needing to be on a ventilator and a leg amputation due to blood clots Amanda Kloots is giving another update on Nick ...

"I think the more days he has of this might help his brain to wake up," his wife Amanda Kloots said Nick Cordero's wife says they've been seeing some "really great" signs following his tracheostomy ...

Nick Cordero will undergo a procedure on Friday that will see a tracheostomy tube, otherwise known as a trach tube, placed into an opening in his throat at the windpipe called a stoma. The trach tube ...

The heartstopping moment a mom and dad rushed to their baby's aid after she removed the tube that helps her breathe has been caught on camera. Dannii Sterling and Gary Burgess from Ashford, Kent, in ...