Tracheal-innominate artery fistula caused by the Endotracheal Tube tip: Case report and investigation of a fatal complication of prolonged intubation

Respiratory Care

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1012-1018

  Siobal, Mark ^a,e   Kallet, Richard H ^a   Kraemer, Roger ^a   Jonson, Emmanuel ^b   Lemons, Donald ^c   Young, David ^a   Campbell, Andre R ^a   Schecter, William ^d   Tang, Julin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endotracheal tube; Intubation; Mallinckrodt HiLo Evac; Mucosal trauma; Subglottic suction; Suction catheter; Tracheal erosion; Tracheal trauma; Tracheoinnominate artery fistula

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; BURN; CASE REPORT; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FATALITY; FISTULA; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; TRACHEA;

ADULT; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; BURNS; FATAL OUTCOME; FISTULA; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; TRACHEA;

EID: 0035487204     PISSN: 00201324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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