The emotional strain on parents and other caregivers faced with deciding whether a tracheotomy is the best treatment for their child is hard to measure. The latest clinical practice guideline from the ...

1 Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China 2 Department of Radiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical ...

• For adults hospitalized with COVID-19 on mechanical ventilators, performing an early tracheostomy (where doctors cut through the skin into the trachea (windpipe) to insert a breathing tube) before ...

Relationship between immune-mediated adverse events and clinical outcomes in patients with metastatic melanoma treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICI): A single institution experience. This is ...

Abstract: Current percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) exposes clinicians to respiratory pathogens, increasing infection risks. Roboticizing PDT can reduce these risks but requires precise ...

Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is a common procedure in intensive care, valued for its minimally invasive approach and lower risk profile compared to surgical alternatives. Recent ...

A 32-year-old patient was admitted to the local intensive care unit (ICU) due to deteriorating consciousness with a preliminary diagnosis of neuro-infection or autoimmune encephalitis. Past medical ...

Patients with narrowing of at least 50% in three major coronary arteries did equally well when treated with a minimally invasive stent placement guided either by ultrasound-based imaging or by a novel ...

WASHINGTON, DC—For patients with right-sided infective endocarditis (RSIE) who don’t respond to medical therapy, percutaneous mechanical aspiration (PMA) appears to offer clinical efficacy, according ...