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[Tracheal rupture as a cause of unanticipated perioperative mortality]
- Source :
- Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde. 157(25)
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- Here we report two cases in which healthy young patients died during surgery because ventilation was impossible by a clinical picture of massive subcutaneous emphysema. The probable diagnosis was tracheal rupture. This diagnosis was not confirmed during coroner's autopsy, but there had been no systematic search for a puncture in the trachea or the main bronchial tubes. Immediate recognition of this situation, and implementation of ventilation of one lung by pushing a narrower endobronchial tube beyond the tracheal rupture, is potentially life-saving.
Details
- Language :
- Dutch; Flemish
- ISSN :
- 18768784
- Volume :
- 157
- Issue :
- 25
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........de70eb71c062c06c3ced51ed96410c08