title: A nearly fatal tracheal obstruction resulting from a transtracheal oxygen catheter.
abstract: In a patient with a transtracheal oxygen catheter (ITO2C), a nearly fatal complication occurred due to the formation of a mucous plug on the tip, which almost totally obstructed the tracheal lumen. To our knowledge, this complication has not been reported before with the use of this type of transtracheal oxygen catheter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology, Municipal Hospital Leyenburg, 's Gravenhage, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: de Groot
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dik
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: de Groot
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Bakker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D002408:Catheters, Indwelling / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009093:Mucus; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014132:Trachea