Abstract:
Tracheostomy tubes are widely used in critical care settings, in emergency airway management, in anticipated prolonged mechanical ventilation, to provide protection from aspiration, to provide access to lower respiratory tract for management of excessive secretions and as a major treatment for chronic respiratory failure thus improving its prognosis. Several modifications have been done in tracheostomy tubes to facilitate weaning patients after prolonged mechanical ventilation by allowing patients to breathe spontaneously through their upper airways with tracheostomy tube in situ during periods of weaning and to restore speech. Though several modified tracheostomy tubes have been manufactured; but these are usually costly and not readily available everywhere, thus restricting their free use in critical care settings in many countries of the world. We describe a modification in commonly available standard tracheostomy tube for purposes of weaning from prolonged ventilation.
Page(s):
82-85
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: Anaesthesia, Pain and Intensive Care, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Year: 2012