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Complete Obstruction of Endotracheal Tube in an Infant with a Retropharyngeal and Anterior Mediastinal Abscess
- Source :
- Case Reports in Pediatrics, Case Reports in Pediatrics, Vol 2017 (2017)
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Limited, 2017.
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Abstract
- Intraoperative ventilatory failure is not an uncommon complication; however, acute endotracheal obstruction by a foreign body or blood clot can be difficult to quickly discriminate from other causes. Once the diagnosis is made, quick action is needed to restore ventilation. The ultimate solution is to exchange the endotracheal tube; however, there can be other ways of resolving this in situations where reintubation would be difficult or unsafe. This case report discusses such an event in an infant with multiple airway challenges including a retropharyngeal and anterior mediastinal abscess. We have also formulated a pathway based on various case reports involving complete ETT obstruction.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
lcsh:RJ1-570
lcsh:Pediatrics
Case Report
030208 emergency & critical care medicine
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Surgery
Mediastinal abscess
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030202 anesthesiology
Complete obstruction
medicine
Foreign body
business
Airway
Complication
Ventilatory failure
Endotracheal tube
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20906811 and 20906803
- Volume :
- 2017
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Case Reports in Pediatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e9b05d47a82bcdb5fdf553f637ac1515