A Tracheal Tube Exchanger Container As a Bronchial Foreign Body

Ken-ichi Muramatsu.¹ and Youichi Yanagawa^1,

¹Department of Acute Critical Care Medicine, Shizuoka Hospital, Juntendo University

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Ken-ichi Muramatsu. and Youichi Yanagawa. A Tracheal Tube Exchanger Container As a Bronchial Foreign Body. American Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2023; 11(10):164-166. doi: 10.12691/AJMCR-11-10-2

Abstract

We report a case of a tracheal tube exchanger container as a bronchial foreign body in a 75-year-old woman suffered multiple injuries. She needed tracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation for repeated operations and intensive care. On day 2, she showed hypoxia. A physician on duty exchanged the tracheal tube using a tracheal tube exchanger (TTE) with containers consisting of an upper and lower potion. After exchanging the tracheal tube, the upper container remained in right bronchus. From days 3 to 9, she underwent daily chest X-ray, and multiple physicians checked the chest X-ray images each time. However, no one noticed the residual upper container in the right bronchus. She was extubated on day 8. After transportation for skin graft, she expectorated the upper container spontaneously. As a preventive measure to avoid the occurrence of iatrogenic accidents, our hospital decided to sterilize the TTE without containers.

Keywords

external cylinder, tracheal tube exchanger, bronchial foreign body, adult, iatrogenic accident

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