Category | Complication |
Unsuccessful catheter placement OR Successful catheter placement with subsequent obstruction, kinking, or dislodgement | 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 |
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