Airway management of patients with tracheobronchial stents.
The use of tracheobronchial stents for compromised large airways is increasing. We provide a case series highlighting some of the complications of airway management in patients with tracheobronchial stents in situ and propose an approach for dealing with this potentially complicated situation.
Davis
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Department of Anaesthesia and Cardiothoracic Intensive Care, St George's Hospital, London, UK.
Madden
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Sheth
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Crerar-Gilbert
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D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*