title: Tracheal dilatation complicating prolonged tracheal intubation.
abstract: A patient with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome requiring prolonged tracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation is described. Tracheal dilation was noted to have occurred following an elective surgical tracheostomy. Eventually, the patient was successfully weaned from mechanical ventilation and the tracheostomy tube removed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Intensive Care Medicine, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Lamb
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Grounds
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Bennett
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects