Tracheal stenosis due to endotracheal tube cuff hyperinflation: a preventable complication

• Main Authors: Márcio Teodoro da Costa Gaspar (Author), Linda Ferreira Maximiano (Author), Hélio Minamoto (Author), Jose Pinhata Otoch (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of São Paulo, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Endotracheal intubation injuries are rare, but may be devastating-mostly among the pediatric patients or when these occur in the distal trachea. Such complications typify a therapeutic challenge, which, besides requiring intellectual and technical resources, takes a long time to reach a resolution....