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What Is the Best Way to Take Care of a Patient with a Tracheostomy Tube?

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Tracheostomy is a scheduled or emergency procedure to facilitate temporary or permanent breathing. Like any surgical procedure, fashioning of the tracheal stoma is associated with risk and complications.

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  1. School of Medicine, University of São Paulo-USP, São Paulo, Brazil

    Lica Arakawa-Sugueno (Speech Therapist.)

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  1. National Cancer Institute INCA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Terence Pires de Farias

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Arakawa-Sugueno, L. (2018). What Is the Best Way to Take Care of a Patient with a Tracheostomy Tube?. In: de Farias, T. (eds) Tracheostomy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67867-2_22

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