PARTIAL TRANSECTION OF THE NEONATAL TRACHEA

Authors
KRAUSE MF HOEHN T
Citation
Mf. Krause et T. Hoehn, PARTIAL TRANSECTION OF THE NEONATAL TRACHEA, Resuscitation, 38(1), 1998, pp. 43-46
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
Resuscitation → ACNP
ISSN journal
03009572
Volume
38
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
43 - 46
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-9572(1998)38:1<43:PTOTNT>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
This report describes an unusual case of partial transsection of the n eonatal trachea after intubation. Mucosal injury led to the formation of a balloon-shaped, air-filled cyst that did not allow ventilation of the airways either via a tracheal tube or with a face mask. Several m inutes after death, the cyst had collapsed and bag and mask ventilatio n produced adequate chest movements. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.