Acquired tracheal dilatation after prolonged ventilation: An unusual treatment option

Giudice, Marco; Gallo, Stefania; Maffioli, Marco; Minoja, Giulio; Mazzi, Giuseppe; Narne, Surendra; Castelnuovo, Paolo

doi:10.1002/lary.24645

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“…The management of tracheomegaly is difficult and still debated. 5 A variety of surgical treatments have been suggested, but these are multistaged surgical procedures and each procedure carries serious risks. Because this patient had advanced ALS, we performed conservative treatment instead of opting for surgery.…”

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Tracheomegaly Secondary to Tracheotomy Tube Cuff in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

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Tracheomegaly has not been reported in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Herein, the authors report a case of tracheomegaly secondary to tracheotomy tube cuff in a patient with ALS. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an ALS patient with tracheomegaly and of tracheomegaly being associated with tracheotomy tube cuff and home tracheotomy mechanical ventilator.The clinician should consider the possibility of tracheomegaly in the differential diagnosis, if a patient with ALS develops repeat air leakage around the tracheotomy tube or rupture of tracheotomy tube cuff.

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“…We tried to use the adjustable tracheotomy tube accommodating the enlarged trachea and thus maintaining the use of the home tracheotomy mechanical ventilator in addition to protecting the trachea. 5 …”

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Tracheomegaly Secondary to Tracheotomy Tube Cuff in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

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“…Among these methods, computed tomography is the best noninvasive method that can show tracheal changes and is considered the gold standard (10). Tracheomegaly is frequently congenital but may also occur in connective tissue diseases, because of prolonged inflammation, and because of smoking or the use of mechanical ventilation (11,12). Several studies in the literature (6,(13)(14)(15)(16) have examined characteristics of tracheomegaly and COVID-19, such as their relationship to each other, incidence rate, and management.…”

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Prognosis prediction of the mean tracheal air column area in COVID-19 patients

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Anatolian Current Medical Journal

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Aim: SARS-CoV-2 infection frequently affects the lungs, it can also cause severe inflammation in the lower respiratory tract, leading to tracheal damage. We aimed to investigate the relationship between the mean tracheal air column and COVID-19.Material and Method: Chest computed tomography scans of COVID-19 patients treated in an intensive care unit between June 1st, 2020 and October 1st 2022 were retrospectively evaluated. The air column area of the trachea was measured and the effect of the values obtained on mortality and length of stay in the intensive care unit for patients COVID-19 was examined.Results: We found that an increase in the mean tracheal air column increased mortality by 1.218 times. We also determined that an increase in the mean area of the tracheal air column increased the length of stay in the intensive care unit. Furthermore, we showed that advanced age and an increase in the length of stay in the intensive care unit were factors that increased mortality.Conclusion: Tracheomegaly is a poor prognostic factor in COVID-19 disease and is easily diagnosed with CT.

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37-Year-Old Tracheostomized Woman With Overdistended Tracheostomy Cuff and Difficulty Ventilating

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Acquired tracheal dilatation after prolonged ventilation: An unusual treatment option

Cited by 5 publications

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Tracheomegaly Secondary to Tracheotomy Tube Cuff in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Tracheomegaly Secondary to Tracheotomy Tube Cuff in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Prognosis prediction of the mean tracheal air column area in COVID-19 patients

37-Year-Old Tracheostomized Woman With Overdistended Tracheostomy Cuff and Difficulty Ventilating

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