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Original Source: Survival and quality of life after tracheostomy for acute respiratory failure in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
BACKGROUND: Acute respiratory failure (ARF) is a common event in the advanced stage of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and may be rarely a presenting symptom. Frequently, such patients require intubation and mechanical ventilation (MV) and, in a large proportion, receive tracheostomy, as a consequence of weaning failure. In our study, we investigated postdischarge survival and quality of life (QoL) after tracheostomy for ARF in patients with ALS. METHODS: Design: This study is a retrospective chart revi...
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No Downside to Postponing Tracheotomy (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Delaying a tracheotomy until at least day 10 of a ventilated patient's stay in the intensive care unit has no effect on 30-day mortality, researchers reported.
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Frequent use of workplace wellness center improves overall quality-of-life
People who used a workplace wellness center on frequent basis reported an improvement in their overall quality-of-life, while those that used the center less often reported no improvements in their ph...
Active Kids Say Quality of Life Is Better (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Physically active adolescents reported significantly better health-related quality of life, whereas their sedentary counterparts scored lower on multiple domains of a quality-of-lif...
Quality of Life Better with Less Care at the End (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Patients dying of cancer have a better quality of life towards the end if aggressive, life-prolonging measures are avoided and if they are able to die at home, a multicenter study s...
Quality of Life After Cancer May Depend on Tumor Type
TUESDAY, Oct. 30 -- Cancer survivors' quality of life can vary widely depending on the type of cancer, and millions of U.S. cancer survivors have a lower-than-normal quality of life, a new study finds...
In Severe Depression ECT Can Restore Quality Of Life
Patients whose severe depression goes into remission for six months following electroconvulsive therapy report a quality of life similar to that of healthy individuals, researchers say. "If we can get...
Study examines quality of life factors at end of life for patients with cancer
Better quality of life at the end of life for patients with advanced cancer was associated with avoiding hospitalizations and the intensive care unit, worrying less, praying or meditating, being visit...
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Tracheostomy: pediatric considerations.
Pediatric patients for whom tracheotomy is a consideration have different anatomy, medical conditions, and prognoses than adults; even the tracheotomy tubes are different. Indications for pediatric tr...
Acute bleeding from the innominate artery after removal of percutaneous tracheotomy.
Percutaneous tracheotomy is a standard procedure in intensive care units. Even though complications associated with this intervention have been described, acute massive bleeding from the innominate ar...
Late haemorrhage from truncus brachiocephalicus following tracheotomy.
Haemorrhage following tracheotomy is a well-known complication. Late bleedings from the innominate artery should be considered to indicate a tracheal fistula until proven otherwise. A case with late a...
Airway management after maxillectomy with free flap reconstruction.
BACKGROUND: Maxillectomy defects require complex 3-dimensional reconstructions often best suited to microvascular free tissue transfer. Postoperative airway management during this procedure has little...
Tracheotomy in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients is a procedure commonly performed in the intensive care unit. The aim is to facilitate respiratory weaning and improve clinical outcome b...
