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Are there instances where tracheostomy alone without mechanical ventilation can be sufficient to manage neuromuscular respiratory failure?

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Pulmonology · University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers

This is a very rare circumstance in our assisted ventilation clinic. This situation usually arises because a patient underwent tracheostomy during an acute illness while they were requiring invasive ventilatory support, and were able to wean from the ventilator but had dyspnea or hypercarbia while t...

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