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[The patient with a tracheostomy]
A Pades Jiménez1, A M Tomás Vidal
1Area de Docencia y Formación Continuada de Enfermería, Hospital Son Dureta, Palma de Mallorca.
Revista De Enfermeria (Barcelona, Spain)
|February 6, 1998
Abstract:
For the treatment of certain specific diseases, a tracheostomy is a required procedure in order to keep the patient's air passageways open. The nurse's care must ensure this permeability is maintained and infections avoided while serving to aid both the patient and his/her family to adapt as best as possible to the conditions caused by the intervention. Treatment Plan details will be drawn up based on each individual patient's diagnosis.