Removal of the tracheostomy tube in the aspirating spinal cord-injured patient

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 636-642

  Ross, J ^a,b   White, M ^a  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Airway reactivity; Aspiration; Assisted cough; Decannulation; Spinal cord injury; Tracheostomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; TEAMWORK; TRACHEOSTOMY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; EVANS BLUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT POSITIVE-PRESSURE VENTILATION; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PARALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0242660856     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101510     Document Type: Article

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