Background In the setting of critical care, the most common indications for tracheostomy
include: prolonged intubation, to facilitate weaning from mechanical ventilation, and for …

Purpose Tracheostomy is one of the most frequently performed procedures in intensive care
medicine. The two main approaches are open surgical tracheostomy (ST) and percutaneous …

Background Tracheotomies are frequently performed on ventilated patients in intensive care
and sometimes lead to fatal complications. In this article, we discuss the causes and …

Background Several different tracheostomy techniques (percutaneous and surgical) have
been studied extensively in previous direct pairwise meta-analyses. However, a network …

Materials and methods All existing International guidelines on the topic, various randomized
controlled trials, meta-analysis, systematic reviews, retrospective studies were taken into …

OBJECTIVE Gas exchange and airway pressures are markedly altered during percutaneous
dilatational tracheostomy (PDT). A double-lumen endotracheal tube (DLET) has been …

Results: Fifty-six percutaneous tracheostomy procedures were performed with a male to
female ratio 3: 1; more than 2/3rd (80%) had an underlying neurological illness. All doctors …

Background: Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is a common surgical procedure
in the ICU. The present study was conducted to compare semi-surgical percutaneous …

Phoniatricians usually have the key role when dealing with a voice disorder, supported by
logopedists/speech-language pathologists. Cooperation with other medical or non-medical …

BACKGROUND Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is indicated when prolonged
mechanical ventilation is required. Although tracheostomy has only been applied by surgical …