Established Adult Tracheostomy Tube Exchange: How Often is Enough?

Patrick Spiller; Karuna Dewan; Karen M Kost; Cherie-Ann Nathan

doi:10.1002/lary.31252

Established Adult Tracheostomy Tube Exchange: How Often is Enough?

Laryngoscope. 2024 Jan 8. doi: 10.1002/lary.31252. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Patrick Spiller¹, Karuna Dewan¹, Karen M Kost², Cherie-Ann Nathan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University-Health Shreveport, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.
² Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

PMID: 38190288
DOI: 10.1002/lary.31252

Abstract

Currently, there is no clinical consensus on how often adults with long-term tracheostomies should have their tubes exchanged. For high-functioning patients who are able to provide diligent tracheostomy care tubes can be exchanged every 6 months. Patients who have a difficult time with tracheostomy care should have them exchanged every 1-3 months.