title: Prolonged use of a cook airway exchange catheter obviated the need for postoperative tracheostomy in an adult patient.
abstract: Catheters used to facilitate extubations of the known difficult airway are usually placed through an existing endotracheal tube (ETT), prior to its removal. We present a case in which a #11 Cook airway exchange catheter was placed adjacent to the ETT and left intratracheal for an extended period following removal of the ETT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven CT 06520-8051, USA.
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Hartmannsgruber
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Loudermilk
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stoltzfus
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006611:High-Frequency Jet Ventilation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation; D008297:Male; D014139:Tracheostomy