title: Tracheobronchial haemorrhage in patients with neuromuscular disorders.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Evaluation of different types of tracheostomy tubes in patients with neuromuscular disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review of past charts of 49 patients with DMD.
  
  
  METHODS
  Intensive care unit of Children's Hospital-Bambino Gesù Rome-Palidoro, Italy
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings favour the use of flexible tracheostomy tubes in reducing the risk of developing tracheal haemorrhages.
authors: Anaesthesia and Intensive care Department, Ospedale Bambino-Gesù- Palidoro, Via Torre di Palidoro, 00050 Fiumicino, Rome, Italy. Francesca_iodice@yahoo.it
authors: Francesca G
authors: FG
authors: Iodice
authors: Marco
authors: M
authors: Salzano
authors: Marcello
authors: M
authors: Marri
authors: Stefania
authors: S
authors: Gragnoli
authors: Aldo
authors: A
authors: Lauri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries*; D020680:Bronchoscopes; D004867:Equipment Design; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease / Q000517:prevention & control; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D018583:Pliability; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014132:Trachea / Q000293:injuries*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation