Long-Term Tracheostomy in Extensive Bilateral Bronchiectasis

Autor:	Richard H. Overholt, Maurice S. Segal
Rok vydání:	1957
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Lung Bronchiectasis business.industry General Medicine respiratory system medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases Surgery Trachea Tracheostomy medicine.anatomical_structure Humans Medicine In patient business Bilateral bronchiectasis
Zdroj:	New England Journal of Medicine. 257:1108-1111
ISSN:	1533-4406 0028-4793
DOI:	10.1056/nejm195712052572302
Popis:	A VICIOUS circle often exists in patients with extensive bilateral "universal" bronchiectasis. The greater the loss of lung substance, the more vital that airways be free. As the number of bronchiectatic segments is increased, the functionable segments are reduced. This means that when the ventilatory mechanism can least afford obstruction of airways, there are larger collecting reservoirs from which the bronchi are flooded. Therefore, one of the primary aims in management, when it is not feasible to perform excisional surgery, has been to promote adequate bronchial drainage. The life-saving potential of short-term tracheostomy to tide patients over acute situations has . . .
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