| Cardiac Arrest during Tracheostomy Cannula Misplacement - A Case of Diphtheria. |
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Young Moon Han |
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Department of Anesthesiology, Holy Family Hospital, Catholic Medical College, Seoul, Korea. |
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| Abstract |
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A case of sudden cardiac arrest due to misplaced tracheostomy cannula was reviewed. The genera1 condition of the patient was febrile, dyspneic and acutely ill. Emergency tracheostomy was performed under ketamine-halothane endotracheal anesthesia. Sudden cardiac arrest was noticed when a metal cannula was inserted through the tracheostomy site by the surgeon after the tracheostomy. Immediate closed chest cardiac massage was performed successfully. |
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