Should Reinke edema be considered a contributing factor to post-extubation failure?

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¹ Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy. andreacortegiani85@gmail.com.
² Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy. vincenzo.russotto@tin.it.
³ Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy. maurizio.raineri@unipa.it.
⁴ Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy. antonino.giarratano@unipa.it.

Comment

Andrea Cortegiani et al. Crit Care. 2015.

. 2015 Dec 19:19:430.

doi: 10.1186/s13054-015-1147-7.

¹ Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy. andreacortegiani85@gmail.com.
² Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy. vincenzo.russotto@tin.it.
³ Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy. maurizio.raineri@unipa.it.
⁴ Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies (DIBIMED), Section of Anesthesia, Analgesia, Intensive Care and Emergency, Policlinico P. Giaccone, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, 90127, Palermo, Italy. antonino.giarratano@unipa.it.

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Postextubation laryngeal edema and stridor resulting in respiratory failure in critically ill adult patients: updated review.
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