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Rev Mal Respir
March 2024
Service de réanimation polyvalente, hôpital de Longjumeau, groupe hospitalier Nord Essonne, 159, rue du Président-François-Mitterrand, 91160 Longjumeau, France.
Tracheostomy cannula care is of paramount importance in the daily management of tracheotomized patients. While some complications are commonplace, specific events can occur, often according to type of cannula. We herein report the case of a 71-year-old patient; following a lengthy stay in the intensive care unit, she had received a Safe T-Tube cannula designed to provide support in a stenotic trachea.
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April 2023
Service de Pneumologie, CHU Mohamed Taher Maamouri Nabeul - Tunisie.
Middle lobe syndrome is a rare but important clinical entity worth investigating in local obstructive or inflammatory cause. One of its rare etiologies is broncholithiasis. We report the observation of a young female patient who presented with recurrent hemoptysis.
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February 2024
Service de Pneumopédiatrie, CHC MontLégia, Liège, Belgique.
Subglottic haemangioma can cause stridor in young children, and sometimes be life-threatening. Larynx ultrasound is a useful, non-irradiating screening test, but the diagnosis must be confirmed by bronchial fibroscopy and injected chest CT scan. Nowadays propranolol is the first-line treatment.
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November 2023
Department of Pathology, Hôpital Cochin, Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Université Paris Cité, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.
Cureus
May 2023
Department of Respiratory Diseases, Mohammed VI University Hospital, Oujda, MAR.
Tracheobronchial injury is a rare but potentially fatal occurrence, with most cases resulting from penetrating trauma or blunt and iatrogenic injury during medical procedures such as endotracheal intubation, bronchoscopy, or surgery. Early recognition of clinical symptoms can help stratify patient risk and guide management, though these symptoms are often non-specific. We report the case of a 42-year-old patient who presented with post-traumatic chest pain from a sharp object.
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