GuidelineCurrent

AARC Tracheostomy 2021 — AARC Clinical Practice Guideline: Management of Adult Patients with Tracheostomy in the Acute Care Setting

American Association for Respiratory Care, 2021

Adult tracheostomy care should use standardized multidisciplinary protocols for airway assessment, humidification, suctioning, cuff and speaking-valve management, emergency readiness, communication, mobility and decannulation planning.

Conditional recommendationModerate certainty

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Clinical Context & Relevant Topics (1)

Disease Reference

Tracheostomy & Difficult Ventilator Liberation

Systematic evaluation of failed liberation, tracheostomy timing/selection, cuff and secretion management, and multidisciplinary weaning.

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