Abstract
Obstructive Fibrinous Tracheal Pseudomembrane: A Very Rare and Life-Threatening Complication of the Endotracheal Intubation
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Marina Colom Segui*Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Submission: October 21, 2016; Published: January 30, 2017 *Corresponding author: Marina Colom Segua, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Tel: Abstract
Damage of the airways caused by intubation is usually associated with mechanical trauma caused by the endotracheal tube (ETT)
We present a case of a previously well 10-year-old boy who was admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit after severe abdominal trauma
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Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain Submission: October 21, 2016; Published: January 30, 2017 *Corresponding author: Marina Colom Segua, Hospital Universitari Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, Tel: Abstract. Obstructive fibrinous tracheal pseudomembrane is a rare complication associated with endotracheal intubation. We report the case of a 10-year-old boy hospitalized for a severe abdominal trauma. The boy remained intubated for 4 days. After extubation he started to have stridor and acute respiratory distress so a reintubation was necessary. After 24 hours, an elective extubation was performed and the boy presented stridor and dyspnoea with no improvement with medical treatment. A fibrinous mobile membrane was seen during a flexible bronchoscopy. The pseudomembrane was removed and the patient remained asymptomatic. The knowledge and an early diagnosis of this pathology is very important due to be a life-threatening complication
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