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Tracheotomy
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Definition of 'Tracheotomy'Surgical incision of the trachea. Common names: Tracheotomy; Tracheotomies |
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Elective tracheotomy facilitates total artificial heart implantation in calves.
30 Aug 2009 
Chronic ventilatory support may be required for survival after total artificial heart (TAH) implantation in calves. However, prolonged or repeated intubation may negatively affect a calf's ability to eat, drink, ruminate, and stand after surgery. To ... Read more...
23 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: The surface of polymeric tracheotomy tubes is a favourable environment for biofilm formation and therefore represents a potential risk factor for the development of pneumonia after tracheotomy. The aim of this in-vitro study was to ... Read more...
Predictors of clinical outcomes and hospital resource use of children after tracheotomy.
11 Jul 2009 OBJECTIVES: The objectives are to describe health outcomes and hospital resource use of children after tracheotomy and identify patient characteristics that correlate with outcomes and hospital resource use. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Tracheotomy'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- Design flaw of Melker kit may compromise patient safety.
29 Sep 2009 - Elective tracheotomy facilitates total artificial heart implantation in calves. 30 Aug 2009
- Pathology quiz case 2. Oncocytic glomus tumor of the trachea. 30 Jul 2009
- The antimicrobial effect of Octenidine-dihydrochloride coated polymer tracheotomy tubes on Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonisation. 23 Jul 2009
- Predictors of clinical outcomes and hospital resource use of children after tracheotomy. 11 Jul 2009
- Airway procedures and hemangiomas: treatment patterns and outcome in U.S. pediatric hospitals. 7 Jul 2009
- [Ballon dilatational tracheostomy. Technique and first clinical experience with the Ciaglia Blue Dolphin method] 29 Jun 2009
- Some prehistory of New Zealand intensive care medicine. 29 Jun 2009
- [Acute insufficiency of rentilation during percutaneous tracheotomy] 3 Jun 2009
- [Percutaneous tracheotomy in developing countries: experience in the intensive care unit of the Principal Hospital in Dakar, Senegal] 30 May 2009
- Cardiff model for training in cricothyrotomy. 30 May 2009
- Remifentanil decreases mandibular bone marrow blood flow during propofol or sevoflurane anesthesia in rabbits. 30 May 2009
- Tracheal polyps. 28 May 2009
- [Preliminary results of percutaneous tracheotomies] 20 May 2009
- Large pedunculated fibrovascular polyp of oesophagus in a young woman.
18 May 2009 - Management of the 'Can't Intubate, Can't Ventilate' situation in the field. 29 Apr 2009
- Laryngotracheoplasty as an alternative to tracheotomy in infants younger than 6 months. 29 Apr 2009
- Pediatric tracheotomies: a 37-year experience in 282 children. 21 Apr 2009
- Montgomery T-tube placement in the treatment of benign tracheal lesions. 9 Apr 2009
- Airway injury complicating excision of thyroglossal duct cysts. 3 Apr 2009
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Technical information about 'Tracheotomy'
Definition: Surgical incision of the trachea.
Descriptor UI: D014140
Alternative terms: Tracheotomy; Tracheotomies;
Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;
Tree Number: E04.580.907; E04.928.790;
Online Note: use TRACHEOTOMY to search TRACHEOSTOMY 1966
History Note: TRACHEOSTOMY was heading 1963-66
Technical Notes: do not use /util except by MeSH definition; do not confuse with TRACHEOSTOMY