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Removal of obstructing blood clot from the lower airway: an alternative suction technique

✍ Scribed by A. R. Bodenham

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2002
Tongue: English
Weight: 223 KB
Volume: 57
Category: Article
ISSN: 0003-2409
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2002.02273.x

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✦ Synopsis

Clotted blood or organised thrombus in the lower airway may present clinicians with life‐threatening airway obstruction or pulmonary collapse. An alternative suction technique is described, which applies suction directly to a tracheal tube.