Criteria for clinical speech therapy evaluation of tracheostomized patient in hospital bed and home care

Purpose : to know the criteria used by speech therapists in the clinical evaluation of the patient in hospital bed with tracheostomy and / or home detention, the city of Salvador, Bahia. Methods : this is a cross-sectional, descriptive, quantitative approach, whose population consisted of 28 speech therapists, who contributed a response form containing 19 questions on the subject criteria for clinical evaluation of patients with tracheostomies Speech in Inpatient and Home Care Hospital Bed. Results : in this study, in relation to the criteria selected primarily for clinical practice the results were: 26 (92.9%) clinical stability, 24 (85.7%) level of consciousness, 24 (85.7%) state Alert, 14 (50%) ability to protect airway, 9 (32.1%), nutritional status, 9 (32.1%) cough and 6 (21.4%) chance of receiving oral. Conclusion : at the end of the study it was concluded that the criteria for evaluating speech in tracheostomized patient in bed in the city of Salvador, Bahia, most is according to the criteria described in the literature. However, few studies exist that establish criteria for decannulation, therefore, it emphasizes the need for validation protocols for a better performance of the process of decannulation in these patients.