Tracheostomy Complications—Displacement (Fresh Total Laryngectomy)
NYU Grossman School of MedicineThe patient in this scenario is a 65-year-old man with a 120-pack-year smoking history who has been in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) for 24 hours. He had a total laryngectomy performed one day prior for laryngeal carcinoma. He required mechanical ventilatory support immediately postoperatively via a #8 cuffed...
The patient in this scenario is a 65-year-old man with a 120-pack-year smoking history who has been in the surgical intensive care unit (SICU) for...
Case Information:
Bundles:
Learner Population: Physician/Advanced Practice Provider
Specialty: Critical Care, Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology
Author: NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Language: English
Room size: 17x15
Setting: Hospital
Patient ect:
Patient Gender: Male
Tags:
hypoxia,
icu,
laryngeal carcinoma,
laryngectomy,
laryngectomy stoma,
postoperative,
respiratory distress,
SICU,
tracheostomy,