Endotracheal tube fire induced by electrocautery during tracheostomy - A case report

Acta Anaesthesiologica Sinica

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 209-213

  Wu, Chih Cheng ^a   Shen, Ching Hui ^a   Ho, Wai Meng ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electrocoagulation; Endotracheal tube fire; Intraoperative complication

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ATRACURIUM; DEXAMETHASONE; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; THIAMYLAL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CAUTERIZATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; FATALITY; FIRE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOTOMY; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEAL HEMORRHAGE; TRACHEOSTOMY; WARD; X RAY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FIRES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 0036910884     PISSN: 02541319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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