The emotional strain on parents and other caregivers faced with deciding whether a tracheotomy is the best treatment for their child is hard to measure. The latest clinical practice guideline from the ...

Tracheotomy refers to the opening or incision made during a medical procedure to aid breathing, called a tracheostomy. Many people use these terms interchangeably. When used as a synonym for ...

Latest ATS clinical practice guideline on tracheostomies aims to improve outcomes for young patients. A tracheostomy is a tube that is surgically placed through an incision in the front of the neck ...

Nearly one-third of very premature infants develop late-onset sepsis, a life-threatening infection that occurs more than three days after birth, according to new research from Children's Hospital of ...