title: Obstructive fibrinous tracheal pseudomembrane after tracheal intubation: a case report.
abstract: Obstructive fibrinous tracheal pseudomembrane is a rare, but potentially fatal complication associated with endotracheal intubation. It has been known that the formation of tracheal pseudomembrane is related with intracuff pressure during endotracheal intubation or infectious cause. But in the patient described in this case, pseudomembrane formation in the trachea was associated with subglottic epithelial trauma or caustic injuries to the trachea caused by aspirated gastric contents during intubation rather than tracheal ischemia due to high cuff pressure. We report a patient with obstructive fibrinous tracheal pseudomembrane after endotracheal intubation who presented with dyspnea and stridor and was treated successfully with mechanical removal using rigid bronchoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyeon Hui
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Jin Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Ji Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Ju Sang
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Myung Sook
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seung Su
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yong Hyun
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Haak
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hwa Sik
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Moon
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery
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