BACKGROUND Trauma is one of the leading causes of death in the pediatric population.Bronchial rupture is rare,but there are potentially severe complications.Establishing and maintaining a patent airway is the key issu...BACKGROUND Trauma is one of the leading causes of death in the pediatric population.Bronchial rupture is rare,but there are potentially severe complications.Establishing and maintaining a patent airway is the key issue in patients with bronchial rupture.Here we describe an innovative method for maintaining a patent airway.CASE SUMMARY A 3-year-old boy fell from the seventh floor.Oxygenation worsened rapidly with pulse oxygen saturation decreasing below 60%,as his heart rate dropped.Persistent pneumothorax was observed with insertion of the chest tube.Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed,which confirmed the diagnosis of bronchial rupture.A modified tracheal tube was inserted under the guidance of a fiberoptic bronchoscope.Pulse oxygen saturation improved from 60%to 90%.Twelve days after admission,right upper lobectomy was performed using bronchial stump suture by video-assisted thoracic surgery without complications.A follow-up chest radiograph showed good recovery.The child was discharged from hospital three months after admission.CONCLUSION A modified tracheal tube could be selected to ensure a patent airway and adequate ventilation in patients with bronchial rupture.展开更多
The ideal range for tracheal tube cuff pressures is usually taken to be between 20 to 30 cm H2 O. This is easily measured with a cuff pressure manometer and should be measured in each instance. The importanceof trache...The ideal range for tracheal tube cuff pressures is usually taken to be between 20 to 30 cm H2 O. This is easily measured with a cuff pressure manometer and should be measured in each instance. The importanceof tracheal tube cuff pressures is highlighted by the spectrum of airway complications that can occur with incorrect cuff pressures. High cuff pressures can result in complications ranging from sore throat and hoarseness to tracheal stenosis, necrosis, and even rupture. In such cases, the postulated causative factor is diminished blood flow to tracheal mucosa due to excessive cuff pressure on the tracheal wall. This hypothesized ischemic injury then produces healing fibrosis months or even years later. On the other hand, cuff pressures that are too low place the patient at risk for aspiration of gastric contents and consequently, aspiration pneumonitis and pneumonia. This is why the authors recommend that cuff pressures be measured following all intubations.展开更多
Tracheal intubation by tracheotomy or by placing a tracheal tube through larynx into trachea,is not only one of important measures which are taken to rescue critically ill patients with respiratory failure etc.,but a ...Tracheal intubation by tracheotomy or by placing a tracheal tube through larynx into trachea,is not only one of important measures which are taken to rescue critically ill patients with respiratory failure etc.,but a commonly used method to prevent patients from airway obstruction in the postoperative period and facilitate mechanical ventilation.Meanwhile,the incidence rate of pulmonary infection,a complication caused by indwelling tracheal tubes,especially the incidence rate of hospital acquired pulmonary infection is apparently increasing.Particularly,pulmonary infection of this kind has characteristics of easily recurrent seizures,long treatment period and high drug-resistance.Hence,it is required for medical personnel to summarize,analyze and study not only general nursing,airway nursing and prevention of pulmonary infection,but also antibiotic selection as well as how and when to use those drugs after the incidence of pulmonary infection for the benefit of patients with indwelling tracheal tube.This article is based on a case collected from Comprehensive Surgery Department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University.The patient’s history is as follows:1.Pulmonary infection;2.Indwelling tracheal catheter after tracheotomy;3.Carbon monoxide toxic cerebrosis,mute state.By means of this case analysis,it is expected to make an early detection,and give an early and proper treatment to patients with pulmonary infection caused by indwelling tracheal tubes in clinical practice.展开更多
文摘BACKGROUND Trauma is one of the leading causes of death in the pediatric population.Bronchial rupture is rare,but there are potentially severe complications.Establishing and maintaining a patent airway is the key issue in patients with bronchial rupture.Here we describe an innovative method for maintaining a patent airway.CASE SUMMARY A 3-year-old boy fell from the seventh floor.Oxygenation worsened rapidly with pulse oxygen saturation decreasing below 60%,as his heart rate dropped.Persistent pneumothorax was observed with insertion of the chest tube.Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed,which confirmed the diagnosis of bronchial rupture.A modified tracheal tube was inserted under the guidance of a fiberoptic bronchoscope.Pulse oxygen saturation improved from 60%to 90%.Twelve days after admission,right upper lobectomy was performed using bronchial stump suture by video-assisted thoracic surgery without complications.A follow-up chest radiograph showed good recovery.The child was discharged from hospital three months after admission.CONCLUSION A modified tracheal tube could be selected to ensure a patent airway and adequate ventilation in patients with bronchial rupture.
文摘The ideal range for tracheal tube cuff pressures is usually taken to be between 20 to 30 cm H2 O. This is easily measured with a cuff pressure manometer and should be measured in each instance. The importanceof tracheal tube cuff pressures is highlighted by the spectrum of airway complications that can occur with incorrect cuff pressures. High cuff pressures can result in complications ranging from sore throat and hoarseness to tracheal stenosis, necrosis, and even rupture. In such cases, the postulated causative factor is diminished blood flow to tracheal mucosa due to excessive cuff pressure on the tracheal wall. This hypothesized ischemic injury then produces healing fibrosis months or even years later. On the other hand, cuff pressures that are too low place the patient at risk for aspiration of gastric contents and consequently, aspiration pneumonitis and pneumonia. This is why the authors recommend that cuff pressures be measured following all intubations.
文摘Tracheal intubation by tracheotomy or by placing a tracheal tube through larynx into trachea,is not only one of important measures which are taken to rescue critically ill patients with respiratory failure etc.,but a commonly used method to prevent patients from airway obstruction in the postoperative period and facilitate mechanical ventilation.Meanwhile,the incidence rate of pulmonary infection,a complication caused by indwelling tracheal tubes,especially the incidence rate of hospital acquired pulmonary infection is apparently increasing.Particularly,pulmonary infection of this kind has characteristics of easily recurrent seizures,long treatment period and high drug-resistance.Hence,it is required for medical personnel to summarize,analyze and study not only general nursing,airway nursing and prevention of pulmonary infection,but also antibiotic selection as well as how and when to use those drugs after the incidence of pulmonary infection for the benefit of patients with indwelling tracheal tube.This article is based on a case collected from Comprehensive Surgery Department of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University.The patient’s history is as follows:1.Pulmonary infection;2.Indwelling tracheal catheter after tracheotomy;3.Carbon monoxide toxic cerebrosis,mute state.By means of this case analysis,it is expected to make an early detection,and give an early and proper treatment to patients with pulmonary infection caused by indwelling tracheal tubes in clinical practice.
