Emergency percutaneous tracheostomy after unsuccessful orotracheal intubation in a patient with an acute myocardial infarction

• Published in: Texas Heart Institute journal Vol. 31; no. 2; pp. 184 - 185
• Main Authors: Kincade, Robert C, Cooper, Jr, John R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 2004
• Subjects: Adult; Brief Communication; Contraindications; Emergency Treatment; Female; Humans; Intubation, Intratracheal; Myocardial Infarction - complications; Myocardial Revascularization; Obesity - complications; Respiratory Insufficiency - surgery; Tracheostomy - instrumentation; Tracheostomy - methods

A 41-year-old woman had acute respiratory failure related to a myocardial infarction. Attempts at orotracheal intubation were unsuccessful; therefore, an emergency percutaneous tracheostomy was performed. The patient was then taken to the cardiac catheterization laboratory for myocardial revasculari...