A rare cause of endotracheal tube obstruction: a broken stylet going unnoticed--a case report.

نویسندگان

  • Anil Sharma
  • Virendra Jain
  • Jayanta K Mitra
  • Hemanshu Prabhakar
چکیده

In anesthesia practice, stylet is used as an aid in difficult tracheal (ET) intubation. Disposable plastic covered or plastic bougies are recommended but in developing countries, the metal stylets are still in use. Shearing of part of stylet has been reported in past but all incidents were detected immediately. We report a case of tracheal tube blockade due to a broken stylet tip which initially went unnoticed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Middle East journal of anaesthesiology

دوره 19 4  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008