Minitracheotomy--a life-threatening complication.
A 55-year-old patient developed profuse haemorrhage immediately after insertion of a minitracheotomy tube. Measured blood loss was 1.1 litres, and the bleeding required to be controlled surgically. The cause was a subglottic granuloma which had developed after prolonged tracheal intubation and which was incised during insertion of the minitracheotomy.
Daborn
A K
AK
Department of Anaesthetics, St Thomas' Hospital, London.
Harris
M N
MN
D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000150:complications*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000009:adverse effects*