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Airway fire during formation of tracheostomy
Author(s) -
Wheatley T. J.,
Maddern G. J.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
anz journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.426
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 1445-1433
DOI - 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02321.x
Subject(s) - queen (butterfly) , medicine , citation , university hospital , library science , medical emergency , hymenoptera , botany , computer science , biology
Fire during tracheostomy formation is a rare but serious complication. Reports of such a complication have been published in ear, nose and throat (ENT) journals, and in anaesthetic journals,1–7 but not in general surgical journals. All surgeons who perform tracheostomy should be acquainted with the potential risk of fire during such a procedure.T.J. Wheatley and G.J. Madder