Nonsurgical treatment of a severe tracheal rupture after endotracheal intubation

OBJECTIVEWe report the case of an 82-yr-old woman with a large complete longitudinal tracheal rupture, following endotracheal intubation. The patient was treated nonoperatively with excellent outcome. The diagnostic and therapeutic course as well as other therapeutic options are discussed. (Crit Car...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Critical care medicine 1999-03, Vol.27 (3), p.661-663
Hauptverfasser:	Zettl, Ralph, Waydhas, Christian, Biberthaler, Peter, Lewan, Ulrike, Riedl, Volker, Duswald, Karl-Heimo, Ruchholtz, Steffen
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use Biological and medical sciences Bronchoscopy Emergency and intensive respiratory care Female Humans Intensive care medicine Intubation, Intratracheal - adverse effects Medical sciences Respiration, Artificial Rupture - therapy Suction Trachea - injuries Wounds and Injuries - physiopathology Wounds and Injuries - therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	OBJECTIVEWe report the case of an 82-yr-old woman with a large complete longitudinal tracheal rupture, following endotracheal intubation. The patient was treated nonoperatively with excellent outcome. The diagnostic and therapeutic course as well as other therapeutic options are discussed. (Crit Care Med 1999; 27:661-663)
ISSN:	0090-3493 1530-0293
DOI:	10.1097/00003246-199903000-00051