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BRONCHOSCOPIC APPEARANCE OF ACUTE TRACHEOBRONCHIAL COMPRESSION BY AN ENDO‐OESOPHAGEAL TUBE
Author(s) -
Ti T. K.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1989.tb01601.x
Subject(s) - medicine , intubation , tube (container) , aspiration pneumonia , acute respiratory distress , surgery , bronchoscopy , endotracheal tube , respiratory distress , pneumonia , lung , mechanical engineering , engineering
The bronchoscopic appearance of a patient who developed acute respiratory distress following the insertion of a pulsion endo‐oesophageal tube is described. Intubation of the lower thoracic oesophagus causes cardiooesophageal incompetence, which is considered important in causing aspiration pneumonia. The selection of a suitably sized tube is important as a possible means of preventing tracheobronchial compression.