Over-Inflating a Tracheostomy Tube Cuff for Tracheo-Innominate Artery Fistula.

ABSTRACT: We report an angiographic image of a 58-year-old woman with profuse bleeding from a tracheo-innominate artery fistula. It may not have been possible to obtain this valuable image if adequate initial resuscitation and an over-inflated tracheostomy tube cuff had not been administered to stop bleeding during an emergency.

SUBMITTER: Hsieh YC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10814070 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature