Resources

• American Thoracic Society (2000) Care of the child with a chronic tracheostomy. American Journal Respiratory Critical Care Medicine, 161, 297-308.
  
  Available on line by going to the American Thoracic Society website http://www.thoracic.org/index.php and search using the word tracheostomy.
• Becker, C., Allaire, K., Meszaros, M., Tribby, R. (2004) Caring for Your Child’s Tracheostomy. University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics.
• Butnaru, C. S. (2006). Tracheotomy in children: Evolution in indications. Interantional Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 70 , 115-119.
• Hess, D. R. (2005). Tracheostomy Tubes and Related Appliances. Respiratory Care Vol. 50 No. 4 , 497-510.
• Lewis, C. W. (2003). Tracheostomy in Pediatric Patients A National Perspective. Archives Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (129) , 523-529.
• Tweedie, D. J., Skilbeck, C. J., Cochrane, L.A., Cooke, J., Wyatt, M. E. (2008). Choosing a paediatric tracheostomy tube: an update on current practice. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology, 122, 161-169.
• Takamizawa, S. (2003). Laryngotracheal Separation for Intractable Aspiration Pneumonia in Neurologically Impaired Children: Experience with 11 Cases. Journal of Pediatric Surgery , 38 (6) 975-977.
• Wootten, C. T. (2006). Tracheostomy in the First Year of Life: Outcomes in Term Infants, the Vanderbilt Experience. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery , 365-369.
• Lecture 2 handout