Open AccessMisdirected minitracheostomy tube
Author(s) -
Ajmer Singh,
C Nanda,
Yatin Mehta
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/0971-9784.197845
Subject(s) - medicine , tube (container) , chest tube , surgery , chest surgery , cardiology , mechanical engineering , pneumothorax , engineering
We report a patient who after an uneventful coronary artery bypass graft surgery and left ventricular aneurysmorrhaphy developed intracerebral hemorrhage and subsequently required minitracheostomy. Chest X-ray showed misdirected minitracheostomy tube facing upward toward the laryngeal opening which was repositioned using bronchoscope.