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Postintubation Acute Respiratory Distress Due to Annular Slough of Laryngotracheal Mucosa

TURAN OZDIL, MD^*, FREDERICK C. von der LAGE, JR, MD, A. A. KATTINE, MD, and ORVILLE J. DUNCAN, MD

*Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920. Chief Resident of Anesthesiology, University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920. Associate Pathologist, University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920. Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920.

Abstract

A case of postintubation acute respiratory distress due to annular mucosal slough from the laryngotracheal area is reported, with accompanying histopathologic-section slides. An optimal therapeutic approach to, prevention of, and possible origins of such injuries are proposed.

Anesthesia & Analgesia® is published for the International Anesthesia Research Society® by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins with the assistance of Stanford University Libraries' HighWire Press®. Copyright 2006 by the International Anesthesia Research Society. Online ISSN: 1526-7598   Print ISSN: 0003-2999