title: A 55-year-old patient with advanced COPD, tracheostomy tube, and sudden respiratory distress.
authors.affiliation: Division of Respirology, Ottawa, ON, Canada. rhodder@ottawahospital.ca
authors.forename: Richard V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Hodder
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000628:therapy*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D015300:Ventilator Weaning