Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về ngành y đề tài: Case report: A ball valve blood clot in the airways – life-saving whole tube suction. | Available online http content 8 5 R289 Research Case report A ball valve blood clot in the airways - life-saving whole tube suction Dave A Dongelmans1 Rene E Jonkers2 and Marcus J Schultz3 1Anaesthesiologist-Intensivist Department of Intensive Care Medicine Academic Medical Center Amsterdam The Netherlands 2Pulmonologist Department of Pulmonology Academic Medical Center Amsterdam The Netherlands 3Internist-Intensivist Department of Intensive Care Medicine Academic Medical Center Amsterdam The Netherlands Open Access Corresponding author Marcus J Schultz Received 01 June 2004 Accepted 09 June 2004 Published 28 June 2004 Critical Care 2004 8 R289-R290 DOI cc2903 This article is online at http content 8 5 R289 2004 Dongelmans et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose provided this notice is preserved along with the article s original URL. 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. Keywords blood clot airway obstruction suction tracheostomy Introduction Respiratory tract obstruction due to a blood clot following haemorrhage may result in life-threatening ventilatory impairment. We report a near fatal case of obstruction of the airways by a ball valve blood clot in which we performed whole tube suction to resolve the airway problem. Case report A 53-year-old female with long-standing chronic renal insufficiency was admitted to our intensive care unit because of several complications that occurred .
