Cuff deflation: rehabilitation in critical care.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
This is a case series of rehabilitation failures that resulted in severe reactive depression from patients unnecessarily bereft of verbal communication by being left to breathe or be ventilated via tracheostomy tubes, with or without inflated cuffs, for months to years.
Medical subject headings
- Adjustment Disorders
- Muscular Dystrophies
- Noninvasive Ventilation
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Tracheostomy