Journal article
Case report: A ball valve blood clot in the airways – life-saving whole tube suction
- 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
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1186/cc2903
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- Publisher:
- BioMed Central
- Journal:
- Critical Care More from this journal
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 5
- Pages:
- R289-90
- Publication date:
- 2004-06-28
- DOI:
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1466-609X
- ISSN:
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1364-8535
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1234979
- Local pid:
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pubs:1234979
- Source identifiers:
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W2110780158
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2025-12-06
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- 2004
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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