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Repeated insertion of foreign bodies into the tracheobronchial tree via tracheostomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

P. R. J. Barnes  and
D. A. Lomas
P. R. J. Barnes*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH
D. A. Lomas
Affiliation:
Department of Respiratory Medicine, General Hospital, Birmingham B4 6NH
*
Dr P. R. J. Barnes, University Department of Clinical Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6HE
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Abstract

A case of persistent pneumonia in a depressed adult woman occurring as a complication of the repeated insertion of foreign bodies into the trachea via a tracheostomy is presented. This is an unusual complication of tracheostomy but should be considered in cases of persistent or unusual pulmonary infection in tracheostomy patients.

Keywords

Foreign bodiesTracheostomy
Type
Clinical Records
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 107 , Issue 4 , April 1993 , pp. 359 - 360
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1993

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