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Case Reports
. 1989;15(8):538-9.
doi: 10.1007/BF00273570.

Intraoesophageal placement of minitracheotomy tube

D W Ryan  1 , J H Dark, U Misra, A K Pridie
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Case Reports

Intraoesophageal placement of minitracheotomy tube

D W Ryan et al. Intensive Care Med. 1989.

Abstract

A minitracheotomy tube was inadvertently placed in the oesophagus of a 22-year-old woman with cystic fibrosis. The authors discuss how this may have occurred and ways of avoiding this complication.

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  • Complications of minitracheotomy.
    Martens PR. Martens PR. Intensive Care Med. 1990;16(7):472. doi: 10.1007/BF01711231. Intensive Care Med. 1990. PMID: 2125305 No abstract available.

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