Objectives: The many advantages of early tracheal extubation following congenital cardiac surgery in young infants and children are now widely recognized. Benefits include avoiding the morbidity ...

Advances are being made at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital as the hospital practices new procedure options for infants with tracheomalacia. Tracheomalacia is a condition where ...

ATLANTA — Little Justice Altidor, who is 4 months old, will grow up to hear the amazing story of how her life and her sister's life began. Between the identical twins, they spent 168 days in the ...

Researchers at the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have successfully created cartilage using a MakerBot 3D printer. The team made use of the technology to quickly and affordably prototype and ...

One of the long-term impacts observed during the COVID-19 pandemic stems from patients being intubated and breathing from a ventilator for an extended period of time. These patients usually undergo a ...

Primary tracheomalacia is a congenital condition in which the tracheal wall is weak. When the weakness is severe, the trachea can collapse during inspiration, obstructing the normal airflow. It is ...

Engineers and doctors 3D printed this custom-made splint that currently holds open the airway of a six-week-old infant and will be gradually absorbed into the body over time. Image via University of ...

From the moment 11-month-old Yaseen came to Apollo Children’s Hospital in Chennai from Oman, doctors faced a huge challenge: the baby had a hole in his heart, a narrow wind pipe, and his left lung had ...

Our data again demonstrate that early tracheal extubation is achievable in small infants undergoing cardiovascular surgery. Successful early tracheal extubation avoids the potential complications and ...

Primary tracheomalacia is a weakness of the main airway (the trachea). It usuallycauses breathing difficulties in early life. Aortopexy involves attaching the aorta to the sternum with sutures. The ...