THE ROLE OF MULTISLICE COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN THE EMERGENCY DIAGNOSIS OF THE TRACHEOBRONCHIAL INJURY AFTER ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION - CASE REPORT
| Autor: | Aleksandar Karanikolić, Zoran Damnjanović, Vesna Karanikolić, Ivan Pešić, Biljana Stošić, Toplica Bojić |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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| Zdroj: | Acta Medica Medianae, Vol 54, Iss 1, Pp 53-55 (2015) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0365-4478 1821-2794 |
| DOI: | 10.5633/amm.2015.0108 |
| Popis: | Tracheobronchial injury (TBI) is a rare complication occurring after endotracheal intubation. Treatment can be conservative for small lesions and when the patient’s condition is stable, or surgical for bigger lesions and when pneumomediastinum and/or subcutaneous emphysema threaten the patient’s life. Total thyroidectomy was performed in a 60-year-old woman with multinodular goiter. Ten hours after surgery, subcutaneous emphysema of the face and neck developed. A cervical and thoracic multislice computed tomography (MSCT) confirmed subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, and posterior wall tracheal rupture 2cm in size. The patient was treated conservatively. The MSCT imaging can be a useful method for diagnosing the location and form of tracheal injury in hemodynamically stable patients. |
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