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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 6/2006

01-06-2006 | Correspondence

Massive bleeding due to a brachiocephalic trunk erosion during a percutaneous tracheotomy

Authors: Benoît Espeel, Fabienne Buron, Michel Lismonde, Dominique Lambot, Yolande Frederickx

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 6/2006

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Excerpt

Sir: Tracheotomies are the most frequent surgical procedures performed in the intensive care units. Incidence of major bleedings following tracheotomy is 3%, among which 10% are due to a tracheoinnominate fistula (TIF) [1]. …
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Metadata
Title
Massive bleeding due to a brachiocephalic trunk erosion during a percutaneous tracheotomy
Authors
Benoît Espeel
Fabienne Buron
Michel Lismonde
Dominique Lambot
Yolande Frederickx
Publication date
01-06-2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 6/2006
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-006-0139-0

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