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Nursing and home aspects of the care of a child with tracheostomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2023

Penny Jennings*
Affiliation:
University College Hospital, London
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In this paper, I shall mention a survey I undertook in September 1986 on the prevalence and aetiology of tracheostomy among children in the U.K. (Jennings, 1987). Four hundred and fifty-five members of the British Association of Otolaryngologists were circulated with a questionnaire and 58 per cent responded.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1988

References

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