| Title: |
Oxygenation via a biventricular assist device for emergency airway management |
| Authors: |
Howitt, Samuel Henry; Stirling, Sarah; Krysiak, Piotr; Pate, Bryce; Maybauer, Marc Oliver |
| Publisher Information: |
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| Publication Year: |
2016 |
| Collection: |
The University of Queensland: UQ eSpace |
| Subject Terms: |
General Medicine; 2700 Medicine |
| Description: |
A 56-year-old man receiving mechanical circulatory support via a biventricular assist device suffered an airway emergency secondary to bleeding into the airway. An improvised solution to gain control of the airway in the short term was devised, and an oxygenator was inserted into the circuit, providing an alternative means of gas exchange while definitive control of the airway was achieved. This case changed practice in our institution, where we now make contingency plans for emergency oxygenator insertion into the circuits of all patients with a biventricular assist device who show any sign of airway hemorrhage. |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2325-7237 |
| Availability: |
https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3b2961e |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.85657B0D |
| Database: |
BASE |