Children with tracheostomies are increasingly discharged home for continued care by their
parents. Nurses are responsible for providing these parents with the extensive education …

A tracheostomy, or external opening into the trachea, may be necessary when a child
experiences respiratory difficulties secondary to obstruction of the upper airway, has …

OBJECTIVE: An increasing number of infants and toddlers with tracheostomies were
identified at a large paediatric referral hospital in South Africa. They are at risk for …

Purpose: Currently, there is a lack of evidence-based guidelines on the proper protocol for
feeding infants with a tracheostomy in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). The purpose …

Objectives To identify characteristics of infants with tracheostomy that require gastrostomy
tube insertion versus those likely to orally feed to predict which patients may benefit from …

V současné době je podávání chladících roztoků, vodních bolusů a provádění proplachů
tlakových komůrek řešeno zejména manuálním způsobem pomocí infuzní tlakové manžety …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the perceptions of the interventions provided
and counseling techniques used by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) to address the …

There has been a worldwide increase in the number of tracheostomies performed on the
paediatric population, particularly during the first year of life, which has also been evident at …