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Case Reports
. 2003 Apr;90(4):517-20.
doi: 10.1093/bja/aeg074.

Acute fatal haemorrhage during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy

D Shlugman  1 , R Satya-Krishna, L Loh
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Acute fatal haemorrhage during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy

D Shlugman et al. Br J Anaesth. 2003 Apr.
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Abstract

Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is associated with a number of life-threatening complications. We present a case of massive and fatal arterial haemorrhage that occurred in the intensive care unit during an elective PDT on an 86-year-old woman following earlier evacuation of a traumatic subdural haematoma. An avulsed right subclavian artery was found at post mortem. Previous thyroid surgery and aberrant arterial anatomy contributed to the fatal outcome.

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