TY - JOUR
T1 - An autopsy case of iatrogenic tracheoesophageal fistula secondary to tracheostomy
AU - Menezes, Ritesh G.
AU - Pant, Sadip
AU - Prasad, Sampath Chandra
AU - Rao Padubidri, Jagadish
AU - Prabhu, Prashanth
AU - Monteiro, Francis N.P.
AU - Kanchan, Tanuj
AU - Prahalad, Raghavendra Babu Yallapur
AU - Bhagavath, Prashantha
AU - Achar, Manjunath Sathyanarayan
AU - Lasrado, Savita
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) is an uncommon but life-threatening sequel of prolonged use of a cuffed tracheostomy tube. We describe a patient who developed a TEF after a tracheostomy done for management of head injury due to a road traffic mishap. The patient subsequently died of sepsis after bilateral bronchopneumonia. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first autopsy case of iatrogenic TEF after tracheal intubation reported in forensic literature.
AB - Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) is an uncommon but life-threatening sequel of prolonged use of a cuffed tracheostomy tube. We describe a patient who developed a TEF after a tracheostomy done for management of head injury due to a road traffic mishap. The patient subsequently died of sepsis after bilateral bronchopneumonia. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first autopsy case of iatrogenic TEF after tracheal intubation reported in forensic literature.
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U2 - 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000042
DO - 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000042
M3 - Article
C2 - 24781407
AN - SCOPUS:84900542727
SN - 0195-7910
VL - 35
SP - 77
EP - 79
JO - American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
JF - American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology
IS - 2
ER -