title: Bilateral pneumothorax as a complication of changing tracheostomy tube.
abstract: A 43-year-old man with adult respiratory distress syndrome, secondary to pneumonia, developed bilateral pneumothorax on the fifth post-tracheostomy day, when the tracheostomy tube was being changed to a larger size tube in order to control bleeding from the tracheostomy site. This case demonstrates the potential danger of changing the tube in the postoperative period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health Sciences, School of Graduate Studies and Research, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Roshni M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Kundranda
authors.forename: David Scott
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Trochtenberg
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D020878:Device Removal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008478:Mediastinal Emphysema / Q000209:etiology; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*