title: [Risk of long-term intubation in pseudocroup].
abstract: The mortality and complication rates of prolonged endotracheal intubation and tracheostomy are now similar. A patient is reported to show that prolonged intubation cannot be recommended for the treatment of subglottic laryngotracheitis. laryngotracheal stenosis after such treatment is a considerably more difficult therapeutic problem than a tracheal stenosis after tracheostomy. It also produces irreversible disturbance of laryngeal function. For this reason early tracheostomy, after endotracheal intubation for 24 h at most, is to be preferred in severe pseudocroup.
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003440:Croup / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D007819:Laryngeal Edema / Q000150:complications; D007827:Laryngitis / Q000628:therapy*; D007829:Laryngostenosis / Q000209:etiology; D008134:Long-Term Care; D012306:Risk; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000009:adverse effects
vernacular_title: Zum Risiko der Langzeitintubation beim Pseudocroup.