title: 'On the Right Trach?' A review of the care received by patients who undergo tracheostomy.
abstract: An National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD) study published in June 2014 reviewed the care of more than 2000 patients who had a new tracheostomy formed during an 11-week period in 2013 in the UK, two thirds of which were inserted at the bedside in a critical care unit. Many more patients in hospitals now have a tracheostomy, and this article summarizes the lessons from the report which are particularly important for secondary care clinicians.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Co-ordinator in Anaesthesia.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Freeth
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006113:United Kingdom