Category
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Complication
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Unsuccessful catheter placement OR Successful catheter placement with subsequent obstruction, kinking, or dislodgement
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Inability to ventilate |
Subcutaneous emphysema |
Barotrauma
|
Subcutaneous emphysema |
Pneumomediastinum |
Pneumothorax |
Pneumatocele of the larynx |
Damage to adjacent structures
|
Posterior tracheal laceration or perforation |
Esophageal perforation |
Mediastinitis |
Vocal cord injury |
Laryngeal injury and/or laryngospasm |
Excessive bleeding |
Hematoma (cutaneous and/or airway) with extrinsic or intrinsic airway narrowing |
Infection
|
Cellulitis and abscess (cutaneous and/or prevertebral) |
Tracheitis |
Osteomyelitis of the cervical spine |