Tracheal granulation as a cause of unrecognized airway narrowing

Tracheostomy is one of the most common elective surgical procedures performed in critically ill patients. The most frequent late complication after tracheostomy is the development of granulation tissue, a complication that may cause airway occlusion or result in airway stenosis. We report the succes...

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Autores principales: Bhatia, Gaurav, Abraham, Valsamma, Louis, Linjo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339733/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22557751
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.94907
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description Tracheostomy is one of the most common elective surgical procedures performed in critically ill patients. The most frequent late complication after tracheostomy is the development of granulation tissue, a complication that may cause airway occlusion or result in airway stenosis. We report the successful management of a patient with tracheal granulation presenting as an unrecognised cause of difficulty breathing.
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spelling pubmed-33397332012-05-03 Tracheal granulation as a cause of unrecognized airway narrowing Bhatia, Gaurav Abraham, Valsamma Louis, Linjo J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol Case Report Tracheostomy is one of the most common elective surgical procedures performed in critically ill patients. The most frequent late complication after tracheostomy is the development of granulation tissue, a complication that may cause airway occlusion or result in airway stenosis. We report the successful management of a patient with tracheal granulation presenting as an unrecognised cause of difficulty breathing. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3339733/ /pubmed/22557751 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9185.94907 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Tracheal granulation as a cause of unrecognized airway narrowing
title Tracheal granulation as a cause of unrecognized airway narrowing
title_full Tracheal granulation as a cause of unrecognized airway narrowing
title_fullStr Tracheal granulation as a cause of unrecognized airway narrowing
title_full_unstemmed Tracheal granulation as a cause of unrecognized airway narrowing
title_short Tracheal granulation as a cause of unrecognized airway narrowing
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339733/
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