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Displacement of a minitracheotomy tube during high frequency jet ventilation
Author(s) -
RAVALIA A.,
STOCKWELL M. A.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1987.tb05280.x
Subject(s) - medicine , jet ventilation , tube (container) , complication , displacement (psychology) , jet (fluid) , larynx , tracheal tube , intubation , ventilation (architecture) , surgery , anesthesia , mechanics , airway , mechanical engineering , psychology , physics , engineering , psychotherapist
Summary A patient required respiratory support with jet ventilation via a minitracheotomy tube 2 days after right upper lobectomy. After initial improvement, the patient's condition deteriorated because of migration of the minitracheotomy tube out of the larynx. This complication has not been described previously. A number of possible causative factors and remedies are discussed.