Tubercular mediastinal lymphadenopathy: An unusual cause of failed decannulation and tracheostomy
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Tracheostomy decannulation.
Tracheostomy tubes are placed for a variety of reasons, including failure to wean from mechanical ventilation, inability to protect the airway due to impaired mental status, inability to manage excessive secretions, and upper-airway obstruction. A tracheostomy tube is required in approximately 10% of patients receiving mechanical ventilation and allows the patient to move to a step-down unit or...
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عنوان ژورنال: Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0019-5049
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5049.82693