Complete healing of tracheoesophageal fistula in a ventilator-dependent patient by conservative treatment

Acquired nonmalignant tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) is a rare clinical condition with multiple etiologies, although post-intubation injury is the most common cause. TEFs can be fatal if left untreated due to devastating pulmonary complications caused by tracheobronchial contamination and poor nutr...

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Autores principales: Lin, Wei-Yang, Chiu, Yu-Chi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014
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Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25473556
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.38
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description Acquired nonmalignant tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) is a rare clinical condition with multiple etiologies, although post-intubation injury is the most common cause. TEFs can be fatal if left untreated due to devastating pulmonary complications caused by tracheobronchial contamination and poor nutrition. Herein, we present a case of complete healing of a post-intubation TEF under conservative treatment in a ventilator-dependent patient, and review previous studies regarding the treatment of acquired nonmalignant TEFs.
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spelling pubmed-41847262014-12-03 Complete healing of tracheoesophageal fistula in a ventilator-dependent patient by conservative treatment Lin, Wei-Yang Chiu, Yu-Chi Respirol Case Rep Case Reports Acquired nonmalignant tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) is a rare clinical condition with multiple etiologies, although post-intubation injury is the most common cause. TEFs can be fatal if left untreated due to devastating pulmonary complications caused by tracheobronchial contamination and poor nutrition. Herein, we present a case of complete healing of a post-intubation TEF under conservative treatment in a ventilator-dependent patient, and review previous studies regarding the treatment of acquired nonmalignant TEFs. Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014-03 2013-12-19 /pmc/articles/PMC4184726/ /pubmed/25473556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.38 Text en © 2013 The Authors. Respirology Case Reports published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Asian Pacific Society of Respirology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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title_fullStr Complete healing of tracheoesophageal fistula in a ventilator-dependent patient by conservative treatment
title_full_unstemmed Complete healing of tracheoesophageal fistula in a ventilator-dependent patient by conservative treatment
title_short Complete healing of tracheoesophageal fistula in a ventilator-dependent patient by conservative treatment
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4184726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25473556
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