Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is an invasive procedure in which the placement of a tracheostomy tube is achieved after establishing a tracheal stoma through dilation, rather than ...

The National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death in 2014 concluded that tracheostomy care fell below what is safe and reasonable to expect, and that staff needed training in this ...

A medical device alert has been issued for a tracheostomy dressing, as fibres could come away from the dressing and enter the tracheal stoma. Subscribe today to access over 6,000 peer-reviewed ...