April 20, 2010 — Early vs late tracheotomy (6 - 8 days vs 13 - 15 days after mechanical ventilation) may not significantly lower the risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia in adult patients in the ...

TRACHEOTOMY is performed at every age of life. The indications for tracheotomy vary considerably in childhood from those in adult life. In a small child the operation requires a more meticulous ...

"I'm doing great, I feel a lot better than I sound." Val Kilmer is opening up about some of the challenges he faces after he underwent a tracheotomy. While appearing on "Good Morning America," the ...

U.S. doctors perform a tracheotomy on Baby Joseph. March 21, 2011— -- It looks like Baby Joseph's parents may have finally won the battle to extend their baby's life enough that can die at home.

CLEVELAND, March 30-Surgery or a major infection often leaves patients without an appetite or with difficulty swallowing, and this problem is usually solved by employing a nasogastric tube to ...

Surgically opening the windpipe, or trachea, within the first seven days of the start of mechanical ventilation decreases the time patients spend on ventilators, shortens their ICU stay and lowers ...

"No one is giving up on this kid," a source tells PEOPLE following Brown's medical procedure After nearly two weeks with little change in her condition, doctors performed a tracheotomy on Bobbi ...

Amber Thomas said she will miss hearing her daughter's "beautiful belly laugh." June 15, 2012— -- A doting mother pressed record on a camera, intent on capturing her daughter in one final, ...

Bobbi Kristina Brown remains in critical condition after having the breathing tube that was down her throat replaced by a tube running into a hole in her trachea, according to reports out Thursday.