A life-threatening complication following percutaneous tracheostomy
- 1 August 1996
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Clinical Intensive Care
- Vol. 7 (4) , 206-208
- https://doi.org/10.1080/714028955
Abstract
The new Portex percutaneous tracheostomy kit has recently been evaluated by Caldicott et al. To date, there have been no life-threatening complications reported as a result of its use. We report a case of a large posterior tracheal wall tear with tension pneumothorax resulting from the use of this kit.Keywords
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