Multidisciplinary management of life-threatening tracheal obstruction.

Weinbroum, Avi A; Kidron, Anat; Mohr, Rephael; Kudlik, Nahman; Gil, Ziv; Fliss, Dan M · Resuscitation · 2005

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Life-threatening obstruction of the lower trachea is rare, and protocols for treating severe narrowing of the tracheal lumen are scant. We describe our management to provide safe airway control in a severely dyspnoeic patient with unilateral vocal cord paralysis and a 1mm opening of the lower trachea.

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