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Book SynopsisThe first of its kind, Tracheostomy and Ventilator Dependence in Adults and Children: Learning Through Case Studies provides clinicians, educators, and students in the fields of speech pathology, otolaryngology, nursing, and respiratory care with detailed descriptions of real-world interventions and treatment strategies. A wide variety of tracheostomy and ventilator dependency cases are presented, including congenital, acquired, and progressive illnesses; surgical cases; and COVID-19 pandemic case studies. The case studies also address both pediatrics and adults in many settings, such as outpatient, inpatient acute care and rehabilitation, ICU, and home care. Written in an engaging tone that focuses on the humans behind the diagnoses, the case studies offer a holistic approach that integrates what is known about physiology and treatment methods into the context of actual patients and their lives. Heterogeneous, ever-changing, and highly complex, this patient population requires skillful and innovative approaches across disciplines. Readers may use this inspiring and educational text as a resource, selecting a case that is similar to one they are facing or may face in the future, which may ultimately help them navigate speech, phonation, vent weaning, and swallowing objectives for their own patients. Each case has a title indicating the primary diagnosis so that readers may easily choose cases that are relevant to their clinical practice or educational objectives. Sourced from speech pathologists, respiratory therapists, nurses, and physicians from around the world, the well-rounded clinical perspectives in these challenging and thought-provoking case studies will facilitate learning and enhance the knowledge of health care professionals, thus helping to improve the care and outcomes of pediatric and adult patients with tracheostomy or ventilator dependence. The book may also be used to supplement academic coursework for health care professionals in fields such as medical speech-language pathology by providing real-world examples of patient care for problem-based learning.
Table of ContentsSeries Introduction Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Contributors Chapter 1. Introduction Roxann Diez Gross and Kristin A. King Chapter 2. Finding the Best-Fitting Tracheostomy Tube Pediatric Tracheostomy Tube Selection Nicolas S. Poupore, Lydia B. Redden, William W. Carroll, and Phayvanh P. Pecha Case Study 2–1. Child With Scoliosis and Ventilator Dependence Determining Appropriate Adult Tracheostomy Tubes Salma Mohammed Al Sheibani, Subirendra Kumar, Aamir Khamis Al-Toubi, and Faisal Khamis Al Kalbani Case Study 2–2. Person With Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Respiratory Failure Case Study 2–3. Person With Polytrauma After Vehicular Accident Case Study 2–4. Person With Obese Neck Case Study 2–5. Person With Tracheal Stenosis Custom Tracheostomy Tubes: When Are They Indicated? Priya D. Krishna Case Study 2–6. Person With Morbid Obesity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea Case Study 2–7. Person With Multiple Sclerosis Case Study 2–8. Person With Goldenhar’s Syndrome Chapter 3. Establishing Phonation and/or Verbal Communication in Challenging Patients Across Settings Case Study 3–1. Use of a Speaking Valve in an Infant Sameera Jameel Dehaithem Case Study 3–2. Child With Traumatic Brain Injury Following Motor Vehicle Accident Stephanie A. Waters Case Study 3–3. Child With Laryngotracheal Reconstruction Sarah Ladd Greer and Rosemary Chandy Patel Case Study 3–4. Premature Infant Born at 24 Weeks' Gestation Elizabeth C. Nash and Daniel J. Tweedie Case Study 3–5. Adult With Muscular Dystrophy Brooke M. Baumann and Dana Novotny Case Study 3–6. Adult With Airway Obstruction Kimberly A. Eichhorn Case Study 3–7. Adult With Pentaplegia Marta Kazandjian and Karen Dikeman Case Study 3–8. Adult With Head and Neck Cancer and Spinal Cord Injury Ruth Mulcahy, Margaret Mary Smith, Rob Plant, and Seamus O’Reilly Case Study 3–9. Adult With West Nile Virus Mary Spremulli Chapter 4. Evaluation and Treatment of Swallowing Function Case Study 4–1. Infant With Complex Injuries After a Motor Vehicle Accident Katy Peck Case Study 4–2. Brainstem Stroke and Dysphagia Laura Brooks Case Study 4–3. Adult With Respiratory Failure Robert Masterson and R. Brynn Jones-Rastelli Case Study 4–4. Prolonged Critical Illness: Dysphagia Candice Devlin and Rory O’Bryan Chapter 5. Patients With Ventilator Dependence Case Study 5–1. Premature Infant Born at 23 Weeks' Gestation Raquel Garcia Case Study 5–2. Premature Infant Born at 27 Weeks Gestation Christopher D. Baker, Arwen Jackson, and Shaunda Eady Harendt Case Study 5–3. Teen With Acute Flaccid Myelitis/Transverse Myelitis Jennifer Hathorn Case Study 5‒4. Child With Apert Syndrome Michelle Bernabeo and Jessica Shaw Case Study 5–5. Adult With Guillain-Barré Syndrome Kathryn Genoa-Obradovich Case Study 5–6. Adult Surgical Management of Metastatic Lung Cancer Amy Freeman-Sanderson and Katherine Morris Case Study 5–7. Adult With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Anna-Liisa Sutt, Lawrence R. Caruana, and John F. Fraser Chapter 6. Ventilator Weaning Case Study 6–1. Teen With Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Kathryn DeMarco and Stephany Kunzweiler Case Study 6–2. Severe Inhalational Burn Injury Nicola A. Clayton Case Study 6–3. Adult With COVID-19 Ann M. Komer Chapter 7. Unique and/or Off-Label Interventions Case Study 7–1. Use of a Modified Speaking Valve in an Infant Zelda Greene, Siobhan Fitzgerald, Redentor Prudente, Philip Harnett, Sheila Javadpour, and John Russell Case Study 7–2. Combining Leak Speech With Speaking Attachment Janice T. Buziak-Smith Chapter 8. Decannulation Case Study 8‒1. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit to Home: Road to Decannulation Kimberly Comer Donner Case Study 8–2. Adult With Bilateral Vocal Fold Immobility Courtney Tipton and Ashli O’Rourke Case Study 8–3. Adult With Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Ulrike Frank Chapter 9. Education That Made a Difference Case Study 9–1. Infant With Subglottic Stenosis Kimberly Morris Case Study 9–2. Adult With Large Subglottic Lesion Heather M. Starmer
