Airway exchange catheter inducing pneumothorax during reintubation: A rare complication

Airway exchange catheters (AECs) are a safe option for exchanging an endotracheal tube (ETT) or in the trial to extubate a patient from ventilation in the intensive care unit (ICU). The complication with AEC is underreported. Pneumothorax is a known complication for instrumentation by AEC in the air...

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Main Authors: Sangeeta Khanna, Sonia Bhan, Kaminder Bir Kaur, Debashish Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Archives of Medicine and Health Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.amhsjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2321-4848;year=2020;volume=8;issue=2;spage=293;epage=295;aulast=Khanna