Transtracheal oxygen therapy (TTOT) is a minimally invasive procedure that is achieved through percutaneously placed devices that allow for long-term oxygen use. This procedure only deals with methods ...

Catherine Grant and Kathleen Fava are breathing a little easier these days, even without oxygen tubes in their noses. The women still need oxygen continuously but have opted for a new alternative ...

One hundred and two transtracheal aspirations were performed in 94 hospitalized patients with various kinds of bronchopulmonary disease. Sixty-two of the 102 procedures were performed on patients who ...

OK, I promise this will be my last column about my transtracheal oxygen surgery, though it’s more enjoyable to write about than, say, the caucus or the new planning director (into the frying pan there ...

Forty-four unselected consecutive patients requiring bronchoscopy were included in this group. Diagnoses are listed in Table 1. Because "chronic bronchitis" is difficult to define that diagnosis is ...

More and more people are using oxygen therapy outside the hospital, permitting them to lead active, productive lives. People with asthma, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, occupational lung disease, lung ...