These considerations led to the conclusion that simple procedures should be performed at the bedside in the ICU to eliminate the risk involved in transporting critically ill patients and simplify ...

A 64-year-old Behala resident underwent ‘awake bedside tracheostomy’ — a procedure in which no intravenous anaesthesia is used — at a city private hospital recently. Sk Mehabub Ali, a former employee ...

The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is primarily a severe pulmonary disease that can be fatal in a ...

DUBLIN - June 23, 2015 - Medtronic (MDT) announced that on May 8, 2015, it began notifying hospitals and distributors worldwide that affected lots of its Covidien Shiley(TM) tracheostomy tubes were ...

Preclinical startup LifeServe Innovations has pivoted and switched the target market of its airway access devices to bedside critical care users. Previously, the young company had planned to target ...

A tracheostomy is a procedure that allows a healthcare professional to insert a tube into a person’s trachea in order to assist their breathing. Sometimes, a person may require a surgical airway to ...

THIS discussion is concerned with the uses of tracheostomy and mechanical respiratory devices in managing the problems encountered in a large hospital. The material presented here was obtained by a ...

A tracheostomy collar is used to hold a tracheostomy tube in place. The collar connects to the tracheostomy plates, which work to stabilize the tube. You’ll typically replace the collar daily. A ...

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 ...