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- Title
Impact of a specialized multidisciplinary tracheostomy team on tracheostomy care in critically ill patients.
- Authors
de Mestral, Charles; Iqbal, Sameena; Fong, Nancy; LeBlanc, Joanne; Fata, Paola; Razek, Tarek; Khwaja, Kosar
- Abstract
A multidisciplinary tracheostomy team was created in 2005 to follow critically ill patients who had undergone a tracheostomy until their discharge from hospital. Composed of a surgeon, surgical resident, respiratory therapist, speech-language pathologist and clinical nurse specialist, this team has been meeting twice a week for rounds involving patients who transitioned from the intensive care unit (ICU) to the medical and surgical wards. Our objective was to assess the impact of this multidisciplinary team on downsizing and decannulation times, on the incidence of speaking valve placement and on the incidence of tracheostomy-related complications on the ward.
- Publication
Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie, 2011, Vol 54, Issue 3, p167
- ISSN
1488-2310
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1503/cjs.043209