PROLONGED USE OF A COOK AIRWAY EXCHANGE CATHETER OBVIATED THE NEED FOR POSTOPERATIVE TRACHEOSTOMY IN AN ADULT PATIENT

Authors
HARTMANNSGRUBER MWB LOUDERMILK E STOLTZFUS D
Citation
Mwb. Hartmannsgruber et al., PROLONGED USE OF A COOK AIRWAY EXCHANGE CATHETER OBVIATED THE NEED FOR POSTOPERATIVE TRACHEOSTOMY IN AN ADULT PATIENT, Journal of clinical anesthesia, 9(6), 1997, pp. 496-498
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical anesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
09528180
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
496 - 498
Database
ISI
SICI code
0952-8180(1997)9:6<496:PUOACA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Catheters used to facilitate extubations of the known difficult airway are usually placed through an existing endotracheal tube (ETT), prior to its removal. We present a case in which a #11 Cook airway exchange catheter was placed adjacent to the ETT and left intratracheal for an extended period following removal of the ETT. (C) 1997 by Elsevier Sc ience Inc.