You may go from a ventilator to a ventilator with a tracheostomy if you’ve been using a ventilator for a while or your doctor wants to wean you off it.

Learn about what going from a ventilator to a tracheostomy involves, how long it takes, and the associated risks.

Orchard said he was on a ventilator for the first four months of his life. After several months on various breathing supports, John required a tracheostomy at 7 months old.

ABILENE, Texas — Each year there are over 100,000 tracheostomy procedures performed in the United States. Global Tracheostomy Tube Awareness week is a campaign that is meant to bring awareness ...

A tracheostomy can help people with serious COVID-19 by reducing the amount of time they depend on a ventilator. People receiving a tracheostomy may also have shorter stays in the ICU.

In the two years following their tracheostomy, 74% of children requiring mechanical ventilation developed at least one MEE while only 31% of those not on the ventilator developed a MEE.

Surgically opening the windpipe, or trachea, within the first seven days of the start of mechanical ventilation decreases the time patients spend on ventilators, shortens their ICU stay and lowers ...