title: Multidisciplinary management of life-threatening tracheal obstruction.
abstract: Life-threatening obstruction of the lower trachea is rare, and protocols for treating severe narrowing of the tracheal lumen are scant. We describe our management to provide safe airway control in a severely dyspnoeic patient with unilateral vocal cord paralysis and a 1mm opening of the lower trachea.
authors.affiliation: Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Affiliated with the Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 6 Weizman Street, Tel Aviv 64239, Tel Aviv, Israel. draviw@tasmc.health.gov.il
authors.forename: Avi A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Weinbroum
authors.forename: Anat
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kidron
authors.forename: Rephael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mohr
authors.forename: Nahman
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kudlik
authors.forename: Ziv
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gil
authors.forename: Dan M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Fliss
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D010348:Patient Care Team; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014826:Vocal Cord Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology