TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Replacing a Tracheostomy Tube A1 - Cronan, Kathleen M. A1 - Kane, revised by Emily Roumm A2 - Zaoutis, Lisa B. A2 - Chiang, Vincent W. PY - 2017 T2 - Comprehensive Pediatric Hospital Medicine, 2e AB - Tracheostomy tubes are used in pediatric patients primarily for mechanical ventilation in chronically ill patients and to overcome obstruction. Replacing an established tracheostomy is part of routine care for pediatric patients who have tracheostomy tubes. While parents or home nurses often replace tracheostomy tubes at home on a regular basis, hospital-based health care providers infrequently perform this procedure. When patients with tracheostomies are hospitalized and the procedure is indicated, it is often carried out under urgent circumstances. Thus practitioners should acquire the skills to facilitate efficient replacement. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146125681 ER -