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Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine 8/2016

11.01.2016 | Imaging in Intensive Care Medicine

Ultrasound imaging of saline-filled endotracheal tube cuff for accurate repositioning of tube during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy

verfasst von: Kannapur Anand Shankar, Nakra Monish, R. Ramprasad, Srivastava Vikas

Erschienen in: Intensive Care Medicine | Ausgabe 8/2016

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Excerpt

The endotracheal tube (ETT) must be repositioned accurately prior to percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT). This involves withdrawal of the ETT to avoid complications and procedural difficulties such as puncture of the ETT cuff, abutment of the needle against the ETT, and passage of the guidewire into the Murphy’s eye of the ETT. This is classically accomplished by either direct laryngoscopy or visualization using fiberoptic bronchoscopy (FOB). …
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Titel
Ultrasound imaging of saline-filled endotracheal tube cuff for accurate repositioning of tube during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy
verfasst von
Kannapur Anand Shankar
Nakra Monish
R. Ramprasad
Srivastava Vikas
Publikationsdatum
11.01.2016
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Intensive Care Medicine / Ausgabe 8/2016
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-015-4189-z

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