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Case Reports
. 1993 Aug;104(2):639-40.
doi: 10.1378/chest.104.2.639.

Effect of tracheal dilatation and rupture on mechanical ventilation using a low-pressure cuff tube

C M Luna  1 , G Legarreta, H Esteva, E Laffaire, E C Jolly
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Effect of tracheal dilatation and rupture on mechanical ventilation using a low-pressure cuff tube

C M Luna et al. Chest. 1993 Aug.

Abstract

We report the case of a 36-year-old woman who suffered tracheal dilatation and rupture despite careful monitoring of intracuff pressure. Surgical manipulation, postoperative mediastinitis, and bacterial staphylococcal tracheitis may be involved in the development of this complication.

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