Volume 134, Issue 2, Pages 288-294 (August 2008) Tracheostomy Tube Malposition in Patients Admitted to a Respiratory Acute Care Unit Following Prolonged Ventilation Ulrich Schmidt, MD, PhD, Dean Hess, PhD, RRT, FCCP, Jean Kwo, MD, Susan Lagambina, RRT, Elise Gettings, MPA, RN, Farah Khandwala, MSc, Luca M. Bigatello, MD, Henry Thomas Stelfox, MD, PhD CHEST Volume 134, Issue 2, Pages 288-294 (August 2008) DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-3011 Copyright © 2008 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions
Figure 1 Tracheostomy tube malposition due to posterior tracheal wall occluding the distal tip of the tube, as seen through a bronchoscope. CHEST 2008 134, 288-294DOI: (10.1378/chest.07-3011) Copyright © 2008 The American College of Chest Physicians Terms and Conditions