בשל "הגנת זכויות יוצרים", מובא להלן קישור למאמר בלבד. לקריאתו בטקסט מלא, אנא פנה לספרייה הרפואית הזמינה לך.

Incidence of tracheostomy placement in children is increasing, and these children continue to have high incidences of morbidity and mortality.

A multidisciplinary tracheostomy program may help improve the quality of care received by these patients.

determine whether implementation of a multidisciplinary tracheostomy program can improve the care of children who received a tracheostomy through reduction in tracheostomy-related adverse events (TRAEs), improved tracheostomy education, and caregiver preparedness.

A prospective cohort study was conducted from January 2015 to June 2018 at a pediatric tertiary referral center in Boston, Massachusetts.

The participants included 700 children who had received a tracheostomy, most of whom were aged birth to 18 years, but some patients with congenital disorders were much older.