A fenestrated tracheostomy tube has an additional opening that can allow more functionality than one without. But it carries additional risks. A tracheostomy is a procedure to create an opening in ...

A Massachusetts company is recalling tracheostomy tubes used to help patients on ventilators breathe after receiving reports that three people died while using them. The company told the Food and Drug ...

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A tracheostomy, also known as a tracheotomy, is a medical procedure that involves creating an opening in the neck in order to place a tube into a person’s trachea, or windpipe. The tube may be ...

On Wednesday, ICU Medical Inc’s (NASDAQ:ICUI) subsidiary, Smiths Medical, initiated a recall of certain Bivona neonatal/pediatric and adult tracheostomy tubes. The FDA classified the recall as the ...

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An infant tracheostomy is a medical procedure to create an opening in the neck to insert a tube into an infant’s windpipe, or trachea. Tracheostomies allow air to enter the lungs directly, bypassing ...

WHEN patients have severe airway obstruction or swallowing difficulties, as may occur with bulbar poliomyelitis, the insertion of a tracheostomy tube may be required to ensure a clear airway, to ...

YOU’VE probably heard about people who’ve had tracheostomies and wondered exactly how the procedure affects day-to-day life. Here’s what you need to know. A tracheostomy is the name given to a ...

A potentially deadly device design-related complication has Medtronic asking health providers to return thousands of tracheostomy tubes for infants and children. Chris Newmarker FDA recently ...

Smiths Medicals’ removal of its BLUselect, BLUgriggs, and BLUperc tracheostomy tube kits was recently identified as FDA Class I due to a manufacturing defect that may cause negative health outcomes.

Editor's note: On August 15, 2012, the FDA formally classified this action as a class 1 recall. It also provided the following recommendations for healthcare professionals: "Customers should return ...