Case report: A ball valve blood clot in the airways - life-saving whole tube suction

D.A. Dongelmans; R.E. Jonkers; M.J. Schultz

doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2903

Case report: A ball valve blood clot in the airways - life-saving whole tube suction

D.A. Dongelmans, R.E. Jonkers, M.J. Schultz

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Abstract

Respiratory tract obstruction due to a blood clot may result in life threatening ventilatory impairment. Ball valve blood clot obstructions of the airways are rare. A ball valve blood clot acts as a one-way valve, allowing ( near) normal air entry into the airways, but ( completely) blocking expiration. In a near fatal case of obstruction of the airways by a ball valve blood clot, we performed 'whole tube suction' to resolve the airway problem

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	R289-R290
Journal	Critical Care Forum
Volume	8
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/cc2903
Publication status	Published - 2004

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