Over the last decade, tracheostomy has been increasingly performed in children, aligned
with the improvements in neonatal and pediatric ICU care. Nowadays, the majority of …

BACKGROUND: A 2005 consensus conference led by the National Association for Medical
Direction of Respiratory Care (NAMDRC) defined prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) …

Objective The results from a recent national survey about catastrophic complications
following tracheostomy revealed that the majority of events involved a loss of airway. Most of …

Importance Children commonly experience physical, cognitive, or emotional sequelae after
sepsis. However, little is known about the development or progression of medical conditions …

Temporary and permanent tracheostomies are required in children to manage actual or
anticipated long‐term ventilatory support, to aid secretion management or to manage fixed …

Objective: To evaluate current practices of tracheostomy in children regarding the ideal
timing of tracheostomy placement, complications, indications, mortality, and success in …

Objectives: Tracheostomy is a very common clinical intervention in critically ill adult patients.
The indications for tracheostomy procedures in pediatric patients with complex conditions …

Objectives: To characterize patients who received tracheostomies for airway compromise or
were initiated on long-term ventilation for chronic respiratory failure in PICUs and to examine …

Background Tracheostomy is recommended for patients receiving mechanical ventilation
(MV) for 14 days or more in the intensive care unit (ICU). Nevertheless, many patients …

Objectives: To evaluate morbidity and mortality among critically injured children with acute
respiratory distress syndrome. Design: Retrospective cohort study. Setting: Four-hundred …