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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 8/2010

01-08-2010 | Correspondence

A 73-year-old woman with tracheobronchiomalacia

Authors: Demosthenes Makris, Andreas Dimoulis, Charles-Hugo Marquette, Epameinondas Zakynthinos

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 8/2010

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Dear Sir: We wish to report the case of a 73-year-old woman with tracheobronchiomalacia (TBM) [1] and abnormal bronchus of the right upper lobe (RUL). She was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) due to severe hypoxaemia after hospitalization in a medical ward due to “asthma exacerbation” (presented with dyspnoea, wheezing, productive cough and fever) with poor treatment response. Her history was marked by similar episodes, although milder, during the past 4 years. …
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Metadata
Title
A 73-year-old woman with tracheobronchiomalacia
Authors
Demosthenes Makris
Andreas Dimoulis
Charles-Hugo Marquette
Epameinondas Zakynthinos
Publication date
01-08-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 8/2010
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-1891-8

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