Unmasking of tracheomalacia following short-term mechanical ventilation in a patient of adult respiratory distress syndrome

Unmasking of tracheomalacia following short-term mechanical ventilation in a patient of adult respiratory distress syndrome

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are susceptible to airway malacia, which may be unmasked following mechanical ventilation or tracheostomy decannulation. Dynamic imaging of central airways, a non-invasive test as effective as bronchoscopy to diagnose airway malacia, has inc...

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Main Authors: Harihar V Hegde, Ravi L Bhat, Raghunath D Shanbag, M P Bharat, P Raghavendra Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Adult respiratory distress syndrome
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
tracheomalacia
tracheostomy
Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2012;volume=56;issue=2;spage=171;epage=174;aulast=Hegde

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