How to Use tracheostomy in a Sentence

tracheostomy

noun
  • The strangest part was having the tracheostomy tube in his throat.
    Maggie Menderski, courier-journal.com, 24 Nov. 2020
  • There’s no way to tell when or why a tracheostomy would have been performed.
    Maggie Fox, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2017
  • For those that do, at around the three-week point, the protocol is to perform a tracheostomy.
    Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2020
  • Iris cares for a man who survived the covid ICU but still breathes through a tracheostomy (a tube in the front of his neck) and is barely conscious.
    Washington Post, 2 July 2021
  • Since then, there were three more with the last surgery in April, at which point Chaiyasate was able to remove McGrath's tracheostomy.
    Allie Gross, Detroit Free Press, 15 July 2017
  • That means school nurses must know how to care for a wider range of issues, such as tracheostomy care or seizure response.
    Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Since birth, he's breathed through a tracheostomy, a hole in his throat that extends into his windpipe.
    Scottie Andrew and Brian Ries, CNN, 6 Aug. 2019
  • The doctors have told her parents that her heart is working well and that the tracheostomy will not be permanent.
    Amanda Milkovits, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2021
  • But the 45-minute drive into the city was too taxing for James, who has a tracheostomy and uses a ventilator to breathe.
    Jocelyn Wiener, sacbee, 29 May 2018
  • Ivan had a tracheostomy, or trach, tube to assist with his breathing.
    Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 12 Jan. 2022
  • Schools must be equipped for a wide range of needs, from students who use wheelchairs, to those who have tracheostomies or take medication for seizures, Kern says.
    Gina Rich, Good Housekeeping, 24 Jan. 2020
  • But after the tracheostomy, Ady would need 24-hour care to make sure his airways were open and the ventilator was working.
    Rachael Scarborough King, CNN, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Others may require those with more skills for tasks like lifting, tending to bed sores or tracheostomy care.
    Michael James Rocha, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Oct. 2017
  • Unable to speak due to the tracheostomy, Greg began using a small dry-erase board to communicate.
    Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2018
  • Getman uses a wheelchair, can only move one finger on one hand, and has a tracheostomy tube for breathing.
    oregonlive, 15 June 2020
  • As his health declined, Greg underwent a tracheostomy and was given a feeding tube.
    Char Adams, PEOPLE.com, 13 June 2018
  • Harper has a tracheostomy and uses a ventilator to help her breathe.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2022
  • One of the nurses on my floor came to work a few hours early one morning to go over how to change tracheostomy dressings with the patient’s wife, because neither patient nor spouse felt ready to go .
    Jason Han, Philly.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The tracheostomy has had the biggest impact on Rhianna, because Brian doesn’t join them for meals anymore.
    Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Months later in December, rumors of a health problem for Kilmer circulated when he was seen with what looked to be a tracheostomy tube around his neck.
    Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 30 Apr. 2017
  • Ibsen attached, to Vivi’s tracheostomy tube, a rubber bag filled with an oxygen supply.
    Bradley M. Wertheim, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 June 2020
  • There was some evidence of medical therapy, such as a catheter and a newer scar consistent with that of a tracheostomy.
    Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Westyn remained on a ventilator for nearly a month before it was replaced with a tracheostomy tube to keep his neck open for breathing.
    Jamie Landers, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Surgeons performed a tracheostomy, where a breathing tube attached to a ventilator was inserted through a hole in her neck.
    Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2020
  • Jordan now relies on a tracheostomy tube to breathe and can only communicate by typing.
    Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Both families had hoped to move their children to long-term care facilities in New Jersey but were unable to find a placement without a tracheostomy, a surgery that would create an air passage in the neck.
    Mari A. Schaefer, Philly.com, 29 June 2018
  • For those who undergo a tracheostomy, ALS could be less of a terminal illness than a long-term disability, especially for those under the age of 60.
    Rachael Scarborough King, CNN, 15 Oct. 2021
  • That’s something that resonates with Pantoja; Dylan had a tracheostomy.
    Talia Soglin, chicagotribune.com, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Chiu began an emergency tracheostomy, slitting her throat to make a hole for a breathing tube, then inexplicably stopped.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
  • At 2 months old, his doctors inserted a permanent tracheostomy tube.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 10 Jan. 2023

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