What Is Tracheitis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
5. Oxygen Therapy
The most serious problem for people with tracheitis is lack of oxygen due to a partially closed airway. A bag-valve-mask ventilator can be used to stabilize a patient temporarily. For longer-term care, babies receive oxygen by lying in an oxygen tent or breathing via soft prongs placed inside their nostrils.
More than half of patients with tracheitis require intubation to supply oxygen directly into the lungs. The tube is attached to a ventilator, which then breathes for the patient. When the doctor observes fewer tracheal secretions and the patient is able to breathe independently, the tube is removed.
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