Open AccessAirway fire during rigid bronchoscopy
Author(s) -
Mehta Venu,
Baban Nian,
Kornaszewska Malgorzata,
Abel Robert
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
anaesthesia cases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2396-8397
DOI - 10.21466/ac.afdrb2.2014
Subject(s) - airway , bronchoscopy , medicine , rigid bronchoscopy , respiratory tract , flexible bronchoscopy , complication , stent , airway obstruction , surgery , anesthesia , respiratory system
Summary We describe a case of a 69‐yr‐old male who developed an airway fire during elective bronchoscopy for re‐canalisation of an obstructed bronchial stent. Airway fires are a rare but potentially life threatening complication of surgery in the respiratory tract. We are not aware of any previous reports of an airway fire secondary to ignition of a flexible bronchoscope.