All Passy Muir Tracheostomy & Ventilator Swallowing and Speaking Valves (PMV®) offer patients numerous clinical benefits. In addition to voice and speech production, Passy Muir Valves improve swallow function, secretion management, and the sense of smell and taste. The Valves may reduce aspiration and assist with infection control, ventilator weaning, and decannulation. Many PMV users have reported that the Passy Muir Valve has resulted in a significant positive impact on their quality of life. Passy Muir Valves may be utilized on pediatric and adult patients and attach easily to a standard tracheostomy tube hub. All Passy Muir Valves are proudly made in the USA.
- Psychological Impact of Being Unable to Communicate 2006
- Communication and the Passy Muir® Valve 1994
- Effects of Tracheostomy Tube on Swallowing 1973
- Does Cuff Deflation Matter? 2012
- Passy Muir® Valve and Swallowing Benefits 2012
- Breathing and Swallowing Interaction 2007
- Weaning and Decannulation 2009
- Secretion Management 1995
- Olfaction 1995
- Oxygenation 1995
- Pediatric Use of the Passy Muir® Valve 2008
- Textbooks
Patient Rights and Patient Safety
- Joint Commission Perspectives on Patient Safety 2010
- Joint Commission 2010 Advancing Effective Communication, Cultural Competence, and Patient and Family-Centered Care: A Roadmap for Hospitals 2010
- Disability Discrimination: Quad on Ventilator Could Not Communicate With His Caregivers. Legal Eye Newsletter for the Nursing Profession. October 2007
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- Costs Related to Care of Tracheostomy and Ventilator Patients 2009/2012
- The Benefits of Tracheostomy Teams 2008
- Transtracheal Pressure Manometry as Method for Assessment 2009