tracheomalacia/obesity

Tracheomalacia is characterized by the collapse of the tracheal wall due to the softening of the tracheal cartilage and myoelastic tissues. We describe the case of a 12-year-old morbidly obese boy, without previous medical issues, scheduled for elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Immediately

Patients with Morquio syndrome can develop respiratory failure secondary to reduced chest wall compliance and airway collapse from irregularly shaped vocal cords and trachea. We report the case of a patient with Morquio syndrome whose clinical course was complicated by tracheomalacia. An obese

A typical patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease has small airway disease, which often responds to bronchodilators. If the patient is obese, he or she may be further compromised and not tolerate being in the supine position. We present a case of a patient with history of chronic

BACKGROUND Severe tracheomalacia (STM) is being increasingly recognized as a cause for respiratory failure in the ICU. The diagnosis is often overlooked, as chest radiography appears normal, and the role of invasive diagnostic testing for this diagnosis is not well described in the ICU setting. The

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are susceptible to airway malacia, which may be unmasked following mechanical ventilation or tracheostomy decannulation. Dynamic imaging of central airways, a non-invasive test as effective as bronchoscopy to diagnose airway malacia, has

Central airway collapse plays a significant, underrecognized role in respiratory failure after extubation of critically ill patients. Historically, airway collapse has been attributed to tracheomalacia (TM), softening of the cartilage in the trachea and other large airways. More recently, excessive

OBJECTIVE To describe the outcomes of bedside percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) extended to the care of high-risk patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) by the use of suspension laryngoscopy (SL) to secure the airway. METHODS Retrospective chart review. METHODS The records of 117

BACKGROUND Percutaneous tracheostomy is a routine procedure in the intensive care unit (ICU). Some surgeons perform percutaneous tracheostomies using bronchoscopy believing that it increases safety. The purpose of this study was to evaluate percutaneous tracheostomy in the trauma population and to