Broken tracheostomy tube: A fractured mandate
Tracheostomy is a common airway procedure for life support. This procedure is safe, although occasional early and late complications are known to occur. Fracture and hence aspiration of a tracheostomy tube in the tracheobronchial tree is a rare late complication, which can be potentially life threat...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Emergencies, Trauma and Shock |
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| Online Access: | http://www.onlinejets.org/article.asp?issn=0974-2700;year=2012;volume=5;issue=1;spage=97;epage=99;aulast=Krishnamurthy |