Endotracheal tube displacement during prone position in general anesthesia is common. We describe a case of acute difficulty in ventilation and desaturation at the end of surgery, immediately and unexpectedly solved by the pressure of the probe, while performing a transthoracic echocardiogram.

The emergency solving probe / Mattia, Consalvo; Celidonio, Ludovica; Coluzzi, Flaminia. - In: VISUAL JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE. - ISSN 2405-4690. - ELETTRONICO. - 2:(2016), pp. 35-36. [10.1016/j.visj.2015.10.006]

The emergency solving probe

MATTIA, Consalvo;COLUZZI, FLAMINIA
2016

Abstract

Endotracheal tube displacement during prone position in general anesthesia is common. We describe a case of acute difficulty in ventilation and desaturation at the end of surgery, immediately and unexpectedly solved by the pressure of the probe, while performing a transthoracic echocardiogram.
2016
cuff pressure; endotracheal tube; operative position; emergency medicine
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The emergency solving probe / Mattia, Consalvo; Celidonio, Ludovica; Coluzzi, Flaminia. - In: VISUAL JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE. - ISSN 2405-4690. - ELETTRONICO. - 2:(2016), pp. 35-36. [10.1016/j.visj.2015.10.006]
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