A Case Report of Airway Obstruction with Armored Endotracheal Tube.
10.4097/kjae.1995.29.3.438
- Author:
Hye Jeong JEONG
1
;
Hyoung Nam KIM
;
Ji A YI
;
Doo Kab CHA
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, National Police Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Complications;
Airway obstruction;
Armored tube
- MeSH:
Airway Obstruction*;
Intubation, Intratracheal;
Oxygen;
Positive-Pressure Respiration;
Sterilization;
Trachea
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1995;29(3):438-441
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Endotracheal intubation has many advantage such as airway protection, maintenance of patent airway, pulmonary toilet, application of positive pressure ventilation, and maintenance of adequate oxygenation. But risks that develop complications related to endotracheal tube always present, when we insert a tube into the trachea. We have experienced an armored tube obstruction with bulged inner wall after EO gas sterilization. So, it is important that we have to pretest a tube and check pateney of the inside of a tube, before endotracheal intubation.
