Fractures in polyvinyl chloride tracheostomy tubes.
Fracture in polyvinyl chloride tracheostomy tubes in infants and children has not previously been described. On the basis of two events in the same infant a theory for the pathogenesis is outlined, and measures to prevent future cases are described.
Jensen
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Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital of Aarhus, Denmark.
Pedersen
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D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000601:surgery; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000295:instrumentation*
D011143:Polyvinyl Chloride