Removal of obstructing blood clot from the lower airway: an alternative suction technique

Author: Bodenham A.R.

Source: Anaesthesia, Volume 57, Number 1, January 2002 , pp. 40-43(4)

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing

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Abstract:

Clotted blood or organised thrombus in the lower airway may present clinicians with life-threatening airway obstruction or pulmonary collapse. An alternative suction technique is described, which applies suction directly to a tracheal tube.

Keywords: Airway: obstruction; suction

Language: English

Document Type: Miscellaneous

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