A tracheostomy like that undergone by Pope John Paul II on Thursday is a relatively common procedure among the elderly who are sick and having difficulty breathing, experts said Thursday, and it can ...

WHEN patients have severe airway obstruction or swallowing difficulties, as may occur with bulbar poliomyelitis, the insertion of a tracheostomy tube may be required to ensure a clear airway, to ...

Doctors have replaced Bobbi Kristina Brown’s breathing tube with a tube usually used for patients who need to be on a ventilator for an extended period, a person close to the family said Thursday. The ...

Bobbi Kristina Brown has had surgery to replace her breathing tube with a tracheostomy tube. The surgery comes nearly three weeks after Whitney Houston‘s daughter was found face-down and unresponsive ...

There is another potential advantage to the emphysematous patient to be gained from tracheostomy: the reduction of the dead space. This would allow increased alveolar ventilation for the same total ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Doctors have replaced Bobbi Kristina Brown's breathing tube with a tube usually used for patients who need to be on a ventilator for an extended period, a person close to the family ...

Medtronic recalled certain models of its Shiley tracheostomy devices--courtesy of Covidien Medtronic ($MDT) announced a large voluntary recall of its Shiley neonatal ...

Bobbi Kristina Brown is still fighting for her life after she was found face down in her bathtub three weeks ago. Several reports have claimed the 21-year-old won't make it, but the family have denied ...

Medical devices company Covidien, which bases its U.S. operations in Mansfield, has recalled certain lots of its Shiley reusable cannula, cuffed, size 8, adult tracheostomy tubes in response to ...

At the height of the coronavirus pandemic in New York City, Dr. Brian Mitzman led the team at N.Y.U. Winthrop hospital, in Long Island, that oversees tracheostomies, meaning that it was his job to ...

ATLANTA, Feb. 19 (UPI) --Doctors removed Bobbi Kristina Brown's breathing tube and performed a tracheotomy to take over the task of helping her breathe, her family said. Brown, 21, has been ...

TROY, Texas (KWTX) - The parents of a 7-year-old Central Texas boy who has faced a mountain of challenges during his short life responded with tears and cheers as doctors removed the breathing tube ...