Tracheostomy

The mucolytic acetylcysteine may be used as part of the treatment of bronchopulmonary diseases such as emphysema It is primarily given by nebulization but also may be directiy instilled into a tracheostomy to liquefy (thin) secretions. The mucolytic drugs are effective as adjunctive therapy in chronic bronchopulmonary diseases, such as chronic emphysema, emphysema with... 

Patients with progressive hypoxia leading to ARDS require mechanical ventilation. Critically ill patients may require sedation when high ventilator settings are used or when patients fight the ventilator. Mechanically ventilated patients should receive sedation by a protocol that includes a daily interruption or lightening of a sedative infusion until the patient is awake.24 The utilization of sedation protocols decreases the duration of mechanical ventilation, length of hospitalization, and tracheostomy rates. 

Nonpharmacologic approaches are the treatments of choice (e.g., weight loss [which should be implemented for all overweight patients], tonsillectomy, nasal septal repair, and nasal positive airway pressure [PAP], which may be continuous or bilevel PAP). Other surgical therapies, uvulo-palatopharyngoplasty and tracheostomy, may be necessary in severe cases. 

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Technically difficult Anesthesia or tracheostomy Limited to small numbers Bypasses nose... 

Exposure to and inhalation of concentrations of 2500-6500ppm, as might result from accidents with liquid anhydrous ammonia, cause severe corneal irritation, dyspnea, bron-chospasm, chest pain, and pulmonary edema that may be fatal. Upper airway obstruction due to laryngeal/pharyngeal edema and desquamation of mucous membranes may occur early in the course and require endotracheal intubation or tracheostomy. " Case reports have documented chronic airway hyperreactivity and asthma, with associated obstructive pulmonary function changes after massive ammonia exposures. ... 

Siloxane-containing devices have also been used as contact lenses, tracheostomy vents, tracheal stents, antireflux cuffs, extracorporeal dialysis, ureteral stents, tibial cups, synovial fluids, toe joints, testes penile prosthesis, gluteal pads, hip implants, pacemakers, intra-aortic balloon pumps, heart valves, eustachian tubes, wrist joints, ear frames, finger joints, and in the construction of brain membranes. Almost all the siloxane polymers are based on various polydimethylsiloxanes. 

Mucolytic Adjuvant therapy for abnormal, viscid, or inspissated mucus secretions in chronic bronchopulmonary disease (chronic emphysema, emphysema with bronchitis, chronic asthmatic bronchitis, tuberculosis, bronchiectasis, primary amyloidosis of lung) acute bronchopulmonary disease (pneumonia, bronchitis, tracheobronchitis) pulmonary complications of cystic fibrosis tracheostomy care pulmonary complications associated with surgery use during anesthesia posttraumatic chest conditions atelectasis due to mucus obstruction diagnostic bronchial studies (bronchograms, bronchospirometry, bronchial wedge catheterization). 

Adequate Airway. Adequate airway must be established and maintained, generally via oropharyngeal or endotracheal airways, cricothyrotomy, or tracheostomy. Ventilation Ventilation may then be performed via mouth-to-mouth insufflation, hand-operated bag (ambu bag) or by mechanical ventilator. 

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive, usually fatal, neurodegenerative disease caused by the degeneration of motor neurons in the central nervous system. No cure has yet been found for ALS. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved riluzole as the first drug treatment for the disease. It delays the onset of ventilator-dependence or tracheostomy in selected patients. A Cochrane review states a 9% gain in the probability of surviving one year (see Miller et ah, 2007). 

Treatment of viscid mucus secretions in patients with a tracheostomy Intratracheal 1 -2 ml of 10% or 20% solution instilled into tracheostomy q 1 -4h. 

Prophylactic antimicrobial therapy to avoid any secondary infection e.g. pneumonia and infection due to tracheostomy or urinary catheterization. 

In more severe and life-threatening instances of sleep apnea, a tracheostomy is performed, in which a hole is drilled into the windpipe through the front of the neck and a tube is inserted to allow air to enter and exit the... 

Hastie S, Prowse K, Perks WH, Atkins J, Blunt VAW. Obstructive sleep apnoea during pregnancy requiring tracheostomy. Aust NZ J Obstet Gynaecol 1989 29 365-367. 

Adult cats of either sex are anesthetized with a-chloralose, 80 mg/kg, and pentobarbital 7 mg/kg, given intraperitoneally. Cannulas are placed in the left femoral vein and artery for drug injection and recording blood pressure and heart rate. The lungs are mechanically ventilated through a tracheostomy and a small animal ventilator set to deliver 15 ml/kg tidal volume and 20 breaths/min. 

One highly exposed individual died, and the other 2 had upper airway obstruction that necessitated early intubation or tracheostomy, bums to the skin and mucous membranes of the upper airway, and epithelial defects of the cornea Individuals recovered with few respiratory sequelae. 

Children with special health care needs will require additional considerations during mass casualty or disaster care. These considerations include decontamination procedures following radiation or chemical exposure for children using wheelchairs, ventilators, or oxygen and decontamination procedures for children with gastrostomy tubes, tracheostomy tubes, indwelling bladder catheters, and indwelling central venous catheters. Replacement supplies would be needed once the cutaneous decontamination is completed. Such supplies may not be readily available, so provisions must be made to secure these items or to have comparable clean or sterile supplies on hand. 

Carhocisteine and mecystdne have free sulphydryl groups that open disulphide bonds in mucus and reduce its viscosity. They are given by orally or by inhalation (or instillation) and may be useful chiefly where particularly viscous secretion is a problem (cystic fibrosis, care of tracheostomies). Mucolytics may cause gastrointestinal irritation and allergic reaction. 

Foaming the polymer creates small, open cells that are able to hold fluids and the cell size may be controlled during the foaming process. The most common polymer used is polyurethane. Their structure and softness also provide a cushion that protects and contributes to thermal insulation of the wound. They also may be tailored for particular applications such as tracheostomy dressing without particle loss to the wound and with the retention of their conformable characteristics. The non-adhesive foams will require a secondary dressing. 

Angioedema due to ACE inhibitors can manifest as recurrent episodes of facial swelling, which resolves on withdrawal, or as acute oropharyngeal edema and airways obstruction, which requires emergency treatment with an antihistamine and corticosteroids. It may be life-threatening (75) and may need tracheostomy (76). It is occasionally fatal (77). An unusual presentation with subglottic stenosis has also been reported (78). A variant form is angioedema of the intestine, which tends to occur within the first 24 8 hours of treatment (79,80). 

A 62-year-old woman with invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast was treated with epirubicin and cyclophosphamide. She rapidly developed swelling and necrosis of the tongue and consequent airway obstruction necessitating tracheostomy. After excision of the necrosis, the swelling of the tongue and the airway obstruction resolved. 

A neonate who needed a tracheostomy 10 days after a tracheoesophageal fistula repair was given intravenous lidocaine, 1 mg/kg followed 15-20 minutes later by 0.7 mg/kg. Immediately after, tonic-clonic seizures developed. The child recovered, with no observable ill effects at 6 months. 

A 51-year-old woman with a past medical history of a seizure disorder, schizophrenia, and asthma, who had been admitted with pneumonia, was sedated using a propofol infusion to assist mechanical ventilation (65). Over 7 days she received a total of 26.5 g of propofol at a maximum rate of 0.2 mg/kg/minute. When pancreatitis, which was associated with hypertriglyceridemia, was diagnosed, the propofol infusion was stopped. In addition to raised amylase activity, serum triglyceride concentrations peaked at 17 mmol/1 and lipase activity at 564 U/1. She recovered over the next 7 days. On day 17 she underwent tracheostomy revision, during which... 

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