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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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2020-01-01
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| 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 |