● Tracheal tube—commonly called an endotracheal tube. Note that a tracheal tube may be incorrectly placed in the esophagus, so the term does not mean a correctly positioned tube in the trachea. Moreover, a tracheostomy tube is not the same as a tracheal tube as used in these guidelines, even though both tubes are placed in the trachea. The procedure of placing a tracheal tube is still called en...

Tracheal botryomycosis has never been reported in the literature. A 68 year old man presented with progressive dyspnoea and an exophytic mass below the vocal cords was found by bronchoscopy. Pathological study of the mass showed tracheal botryomycosis probably associated with Peptostreptococcus spp infection. The patient was given intravenous penicillin for six weeks. Tracheal obstruction neces...

The effects of tracheal tube of cuff on dog tracheal mucosa were studied by scanning electron microscopy. Additionally, specimens of human tracheal epithelium were investigated. The specimens obtained from total laryngetomy cases under endotracheal intubation anesthesia for 3 to 6 hours. In injured areas of dog and human tracheal mucosa normal ciliary arrangement was disturbed and the cilia bec...

Received: 03.08.2015; Accepted: 15.10.2015 Fig. 1: CT thorax axial soft tissue window image at the level of lung apex showing multiple small osteocartilagenous nodules seen involving the anterior and lateral tracheal walls, sparing the membranous posterior tracheal wall Fig. 2: Oblique coronal reformatted soft tissue window CT image showing multiple small osteocartilagenous nodules seen involvi...

Tracheal injuries, following blunt neck trauma, are life-threatening surgical emergencies with high risk of mortality. A index suspicion is necessary to avoid missing an occult injury because delays in diagnosis and definitive treatment associated poorer outcomes. We, herein, report a case 28-year man who presented Emergency Department 15 days after trauma from accident involving electric cable...

Introduction: Idiopathic subglottic tracheal stenosis is a rare inflammatory disease of the trachea; most commonly affects females within the age range of 20-50 years. No etiologic factor has yet been identified for this rare tracheal disease and therefore it should be diagnosed after the exclusion of other inflammatory, traumatic, and autoimmune diseases of the trachea. The familial or g...

OBJECTIVE Long-segment tracheal stenosis is rare, life-threatening, difficult, and expensive to treat. Management remains controversial. A multidisciplinary tracheal team was formed in 2000 to deal with a large number of children with airway problems referred for management. We review the effect of that service, comparing the era before and after the establishment of the multidisciplinary trach...

OBJECTIVE To characterize tracheal intubation process of care and safety outcomes in a large tertiary pediatric intensive care unit using a pediatric adaptation of the National Emergency Airway Registry. Variances in process of care and safety outcome of intubation in the pediatric intensive care unit have not been described. We hypothesize that tracheal intubation is a common but high-risk pro...