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Safety of a no-fast protocol for tracheotomy in critical care

Author(s) -

Trevor Hartl,

Donald W. Anderson,

Jasna Levi

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.027213

Subject(s) - medicine , tracheotomy , critically ill , complication , protocol (science) , patient safety , surgery , adverse effect , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , health care , alternative medicine , pathology , economics , economic growth

With modern anesthesia, aspiration is an exceedingly rare complication, and we have learned that a prolonged fast can result in serious adverse effects in critically ill patients. We discuss the no-fast protocol implemented at Vancouver General Hospital in 2007 for intubated, tube-fed adult patients who underwent elective open tracheotomy.

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