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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 6/2010

01-06-2010 | Correspondence

Tracheotomy cuff inflation and tube displacement

Authors: P. Ceriana, G. Bertoli, S. Nava

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 6/2010

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Excerpt

A 72-year-old woman underwent coronary artery bypass and required tracheotomy for prolonged mechanical ventilation. Weaned from the ventilator, she was transferred to a rehabilitation centre. On admission, she had an 8-mm cuffed tracheotomy tube and was fed with a gastric tube for mild dysphagia. In order to prevent inhalation, the tube cuff was maintained inflated. …
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Metadata
Title
Tracheotomy cuff inflation and tube displacement
Authors
P. Ceriana
G. Bertoli
S. Nava
Publication date
01-06-2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 6/2010
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-010-1810-z

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