Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopic removal of a fractured synthetic tracheostomy tube in a 3‐year‐old child

Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopic removal of a fractured synthetic tracheostomy tube in a 3‐year‐old child

We report on a 3‐year‐old boy, who was tracheotomized for prolonged ventilatory support in response to respiratory failure due to spinal muscular atrophy. He aspirated a fractured synthetic tracheostomy tube. It was successfully removed by flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2002; 34...

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Veröffentlicht in:Pediatric pulmonology 2002-08, Vol.34 (2), p.141-143
Hauptverfasser: Ng, Daniel K., Cherk, Sharon W., Law, Albert K.
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Sprache:eng
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Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Bronchoscopy
Chest Tubes - adverse effects
Child, Preschool
Emergency and intensive respiratory care
Fiber Optic Technology
flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy
Foreign Bodies - etiology
Foreign Bodies - surgery
foreign body
Humans
Intensive care medicine
Male
Medical sciences
spinal muscular atrophy
tracheostomy
Tracheostomy - adverse effects
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Zusammenfassung:We report on a 3‐year‐old boy, who was tracheotomized for prolonged ventilatory support in response to respiratory failure due to spinal muscular atrophy. He aspirated a fractured synthetic tracheostomy tube. It was successfully removed by flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2002; 34:141–143. © 2002 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
ISSN:8755-6863
1099-0496
DOI:10.1002/ppul.10111