title: Intraoesophageal placement of minitracheotomy tube.
abstract: A minitracheotomy tube was inadvertently placed in the oesophagus of a 22-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis. The authors discuss how this may have occurred and ways of avoiding this complication.
authors.affiliation: General Intensive Therapy Unit, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Ryan
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Dark
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Misra
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Pridie
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation