Articles: intubation.
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A 48-year-old woman with non-small cell lung cancer involving the mediastinum and producing extrinsic tracheal compression is presented. The patient failed to respond to all conventional therapy and presented with stridor and respiratory distress due to progressive airway obstruction. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) by mask was used to physiologically stent the airway until a mechanical Silastic stent could be placed by tracheostomy.
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Critical care medicine · Jun 1986
Case ReportsInadvertent gastric balloon inflation within the chest in the management of esophageal varices.
Balloon tamponade of esophageal variceal hemorrhage is palliative therapy which is associated with a certain incidence of morbidity, perhaps mortality. Three cases of intrathoracic inflation of the gastric balloon of such tubes are described. The precise mechanism of thoracic placement remains uncertain. Fluoroscopy or chest x-ray should be used to confirm appropriate tube tip placement.