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Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine 12/2016

31.03.2016 | Imaging in Intensive Care Medicine

Ultrasonographic diagnosis of tracheal compression

verfasst von: Oliviero Fochi, Moreno Favarato, Ezio Bonanomi

Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine | Ausgabe 12/2016

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A 3-year-old child with a history of surgery for esophageal atresia suffered an episode of sudden respiratory distress, severe cyanosis and loss of consciousness at home while eating potatoes. He was resuscitated by the emergency medical service and transported to our hospital, where he was intubated, stabilized and transferred to our intensive care unit. The chest X-ray was unremarkable, while a right upper lobe atelectasis was visible on pulmonary ultrasonography (US). Bronchoscopy revealed a compression of the lower two-thirds of a seemingly malacic trachea, extending to the carina and the right main bronchus. No foreign body was visible. …
Metadaten
Titel
Ultrasonographic diagnosis of tracheal compression
verfasst von
Oliviero Fochi
Moreno Favarato
Ezio Bonanomi
Publikationsdatum
31.03.2016
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Intensive Care Medicine / Ausgabe 12/2016
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-016-4305-8

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