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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Patients who undergo tracheotomy should be carefully monitored for a while after surgery, say Turkish researchers. Surgeons should be aware of the significant increases in thyroid hormones that can ...

"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 ...

When a woman began choking at a restaurant and the Heimlich maneuver failed, doctors who were dining nearby performed an emergency tracheotomy with a pocket knife, using a pen as a breathing tube. The ...

A Camp Kitaki counselor is being a hailed a hero, after she didn't hesitate to save one of the camp's horses. "Sometimes there are things at camp that you don't think, you just do," said Associate ...