🔵 [PAS 2026] - When Is the Right Time to Talk to a Family About a Tracheostomy for BPD?
The Incubator Channel · 29 Apr 2026 · 11 min
Summary
A podcast-style debrief of a PAS 2026 interactive session on when and how to discuss tracheostomy with families of infants with severe BPD, covering practice variability, rough consensus on post-menstrual age timing and how comorbidities such as pulmonary hypertension, poor growth and neurological injury affect decisions. It also shares family perspectives on starting conversations early, repeating them, framing tracheostomy as a transition and the value of continuity of care.
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