[The role of tracheotomy in saving the patients suffered from lung blast injury].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the role of tracheotomy in saving the patients suffered from lung blast injury.


METHODS
To analyse the pathological change of lung blast injury and to make a retrospective analysis for clinical data of 8 cases.


RESULTS
Three severe injuries accompanying asphyxia, SaO2 < 75%, were tracheotomized and sucked hemorrhagic frothy sputum in trachea at once, and they were saved successfully. The other 5 cases, SaO2 > or = 90%, were not tracheotomized.


CONCLUSIONS
During saving the lung blast injury, tracheotomy has an important role in sucking hemorrhagic frothy sputum in trachea and keeping the respiratory tract unobstructed.
Zhen
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Department of Otolaryngology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan 430030.
Gao
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Cui
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Liu
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000601:surgery*; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000379:methods*