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Difficult tracheal extubation in a patient with an unsuspected congenital subglottic stenosis
Author(s) -
Asai T.
Publication year - 1995
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.1365-2044.1995.tb04565.x
Subject(s) - medicine , subglottic stenosis , cuff , asymptomatic , tracheal tube , tracheal stenosis , airway , complication , tube (container) , surgery , intubation , stenosis , tracheostomy tube , anesthesia , radiology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Summary A case is described of difficulty in advancing a tracheal tube and subsequent difficult extubation in an asymptomatic patient. The origin of this complication was an unsuspected subglottic stenosis, and a subsequent experiment showed how the relatively large folds of the cuff of an armoured tracheal tube could become caught on a narrow section of airway.