Broken Airway Exchange Catheter- A Rare and Serious Complication
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2018-11
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An airway exchange catheter is also called a guiding catheter, stylet catheter and tube changer or exchanger. It is used for exchanging an endotracheal tube in a patient who was difficult to intubate. It decreases the risk of airway difficulties in patients with an uncompromised laryngeal view during direct laryngoscopy. We present a case report in which an endotracheal tube exchange was planned in a 21 years old female patient with post burn neck contractures, but failed.
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Kumar Pardeep, Singhal SK, Malhotra Naveen, Yadav Nitu. Broken Airway Exchange Catheter- A Rare and Serious Complication. Annals of International medical and Dental Research. 2018 Nov; 4(11): 25-26