Chong, Pin Fee
Torio, Michiko
Fujii, Fumihiko
Hirata, Yuichiro
Matsuoka, Wakato
Sonoda, Yuri
Ichimiya, Yuko
Yada, Yutaro
Kaku, Noriyuki
Ishimura, Masataka
Sasazuki, Momoko
Koga, Yuhki
Sanefuji, Masafumi
Sakai, Yasunari http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5747-8692
Ohga, Shouichi
Funding for this research was provided by:
MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP19K10613)
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP20ek0109411, JP20wm0325002h)
Kawano Masanori Memorial Public Interest Incorporated Foundation
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (JP20FC1054)
Article History
Received: 4 April 2022
Revised: 21 May 2022
Accepted: 24 May 2022
First Online: 10 June 2022
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was performed in stringent compliance with the protocol approved by the institutional review board at Kyushu University (#2021-306). Written informed consent was obtained from the parents for the content of this report. Multidisciplinary, repeated discussions were held before making a decision on tracheostomy for Patient 1. The members included physicians with different subspecialties, nurses, psychologists, medical social workers and the ethics board at Kyushu University Hospital.