Tracheostomy in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: When and Where? | Zendy

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Tracheostomy in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit: When and Where?

Author(s) -

İlker Ertuğrul,

Selman Kesici,

Benan Bayrakçı,

Ömer Faruk Ünal

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

iranian journal of pediatrics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168

H-Index - 25

eISSN - 2008-2150

pISSN - 2008-2142

DOI - 10.5812/ijp.2283

Subject(s) - medicine , mechanical ventilation , intubation , tracheostomy tube , ventilation (architecture) , intensive care unit , tracheotomy , mortality rate , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , surgery , anesthesia , mechanical engineering , engineering

Tracheostomy facilitates discharge and weaning of mechanical ventilation. Although the timing of tracheostomy has to be determined for each individual patient, three weeks of ventilation seems to be a suitable period for tracheostomy. Tracheostomy can be performed at bedside safely but patient selection should be made carefully.

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