Tracheal Hematoma after Orotracheal Intubation: A Case Report

International Journal of Research in Health Sciences,2020,8,3,22-24.

DOI:10.5530/ijrhs.8.3.1

Published:December 2020

Type:Case Report

Authors:

Author(s) affiliations:

Gustavo Corrêa de Carvalho¹, Flávia Waltrick Morgado¹, Raissa de Carvalho Bernardi¹, Eduardo Paiva Godinho², Heron Diomário da Rosa¹, Taíse de Freitas Marcelino¹, Carlos Eduardo Monteiro Zappelini³

¹Otorhynolaryngology Division, Nossa Senhora da Conceição Hospital and SOCIMED Hospital, University of Southern Santa Catarina (UNISUL), Tubarao (Santa Catarina), Brazil

²Intensive Care Division, SOCIMED Hospital, Tubarao (Santa Catarina), Brazil

³Otorhynolaryngology Division, Nossa Senhora da Conceição Hospital and SOCIMED Hospital, University of Southern Sant

Abstract:

Orotracheal intubation can lead to injury to the mucosa and to local structures and may progress with the presentation of mild symptoms even to death. Here the authors report a case report of a patient that developed tracheal hematoma after orotracheal intubation and was successfully treated.

Keywords:Nil