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Published in Volume 5, Issue 6 - 14. August 2018

Iatrogenic Airway Foreign Body. A Case Study. - CUERPO EXTRAÑO EN VÍA AÉREA DE ORIGEN IATROGÉNICO. ESTUDIO DE UN CASO.

Fabián Gustavo F. Díaz Rodriguez, Hector Julio Melendez Florez

Affiliation: UNIVERSIDD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER

Keywords: Anestesia, Cuerpo Extraño, Vía Aérea, Complicación, Iatrogenia, Intercambiador de tubo. Anesthesia, Foreing body, Airway, Complication, Tube exchanger.

Categories: Medicine

DOI: 10.17160/josha.5.6.453

Languages: Spanish, Castilian

We present the case of a 15 years old female patient admitted to the Critical Care Unit. The patient was scheduled for extubation with a tube exchanger. However, the tube exchanger broke inside the patient's airway immediately after extubation requiring surgical intervention, which was successfully performed.

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