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Case Reports
Effect of tracheal dilatation and rupture on mechanical ventilation using a low-pressure cuff tube.
- C M Luna, G Legarreta, H Esteva, E Laffaire, and E C Jolly.
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Chest. 1993 Aug 1; 104 (2): 639-40.
AbstractWe report the case of a 36-year-old woman who suffered tracheal dilatation and rupture despite careful monitoring of intracuff pressure. Surgical manipulation, postoperative mediastinitis, and bacterial staphylococcal tracheitis may be involved in the development of this complication.
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