[Home care of tracheotomized infants].
Home care of tracheostomized infants was studied through the experience of 4 families. Medical, social, financial, technical and psychological problems were reviewed. Common main outlines loomed out: after an initial defensive response against tracheostomy, parents were involved in the care of the child. They learned to suction the child and change the tube. Home comeback of the baby produced most anxiety to the parents for a few nights then they coped with it. The mothers had to leave their outside work so the family income decreased in all cases. The family's activities were most altered too. But babies' psychomotor development was excellent, language was delayed but finally normal in three cases, school attendance was obtained and all families considered lucky with the overall development. The knowledge of this common background permits to plan the parental education and the intervention of social workers, speech therapist, kinesiotherapist and psychologist.
Betremieux
P
P
Unité de réanimation pédiatrique, CHU Pontchaillou, Rennes, France.
Simmet
N
N
Desrues
B
B
Dabadie
A
A
Roussey
M
M
Leclech
G
G
Lefrançois
C
C
Le Marec
B
B
D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000209:etiology; D004864:Equipment and Supplies; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D014140:Tracheotomy
Prise en charge à domicile des nourrissons trachéotomisés.