Subcutaneous emphysema after percutaneous tracheostomy - Time to dispense with fenestrated tubes? [13]

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 911-

  Orme, Robert M L'E ^a   Welham, K L ^a  

^a CHELTENHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENDOTRACHEAL CUFF; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EXTUBATION; FENESTRATION; GUIDE WIRE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LARYNX EDEMA; LETTER; MALE; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SEPSIS; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOSTOMY;

AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; SUBCUTANEOUS EMPHYSEMA; TRACHEOSTOMY;

EID: 33747106532     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04768_1.x     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

1. Mostert MJ, Stuart H. Subcutaneous emphysema caused by a fenestrated tracheostomy tube. Anaesthesia 2001; 56: 191-2.
2. Fikkers BG, van Veen JA, Kooloos JG, et al. Emphysema and pneumothorax after percutaneous tracheostomy. Chest 2004; 125: 1805-14.