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PEDIATRICS Vol. 107 No. 6 June 2001, pp. 1343-1345

Successful Management of Tracheotomized Patients With Chronic Saliva Aspiration by Use of Constant Positive Airway Pressure

Received Apr 18, 2000; accepted Oct 2, 2000.

Jonathan D. Finder*, Robert YellonDagger , and Martin Charron§

From the Departments of * Pediatrics, Dagger  Pediatric Otolaryngology, and § Nuclear Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Objective.  Management of chronic aspiration of saliva is a challenge to clinicians. The purpose of this report is to review the clinical course of 3 patients with tracheotomy who we have followed for at least 1 year and who have received constant positive airway pressure (CPAP) as a primary treatment for ongoing aspiration of saliva.

Methods.  Retrospective chart review.

Results.  We present here 3 patients with chronic congestion and persistent hypoxemia in whom a diagnosis of chronic aspiration of saliva was established by use of radionuclide salivagram. Each of these children had tracheotomy for treatment of airway obstruction. In an attempt to decrease chronic aspiration of saliva, we instituted constant positive pressure via tracheotomy. Repeat radionuclide salivagram performed on CPAP demonstrated a marked decrease in saliva aspiration. All patients experienced improvement in clinical symptoms and required only rare subsequent hospitalizations for respiratory disease.

Conclusion.  We suggest, based on this case series, that CPAP administered via a tracheotomy is an acceptable means of managing chronic salivary aspiration and that it may decrease respiratory complications in such patients.  Key words:  constant positive airway pressure, aspiration, tracheotomy, saliva, salivagram.


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