Coughing, suctioning, and humidification can help reduce secretions. Preventing the buildup of secretions is an important part of tracheostomy care. People who have a tracheostomy typically experience ...

A tracheostomy is a procedure that allows a healthcare professional to insert a tube into a person’s trachea in order to assist their breathing. Sometimes, a person may require a surgical airway to ...

Nine months ago, a woman aged 77 years had a tracheostomy for severe obstructive sleep apnea. She has done well since then except for the copious amounts of secretions from the plastic tracheostomy ...

It depends on the reason for which the procedure is being undertaken. If it were for simple obstruction or simple causes like 'sleep apnoea' then it generally would heal in about 7 days after the ...

A tracheostomy tube helps you breathe after tracheotomy surgery, which creates a stoma (an opening) in your neck. A laryngectomy tube keeps a stoma open during healing. Tracheotomy and laryngectomy ...

A fenestrated tracheostomy tube contains openings that allow air to pass through the area of the throat that leads to the mouth and nose. In a tracheostomy, a surgeon creates an opening in the front ...

The tube, called a "trach" (trayk) for short, has three parts. The "Obturator" that is used to pass the trach into the windpipe. An "Outer cannula" (tube). This Outer cannula has a plastic "trach ...

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 ...

A mucus plug protects the cervix from bacteria during pregnancy. Losing a mucus plug can indicate the start of labor. Contact your doctor if you lose your mucus plug before 37 weeks. A mucus plug is a ...