5-Minute Clinical Consult : Tracheitis

Tracheitis

Complications

Atelectasis
Pulmonary edema and pneumonia
Septicemia
Staphylococcal toxin syndromes (e.g., toxic shock syndrome)
Prolonged mechanical ventilation with associated complications (including air leak, infection, pneumothorax, and tracheal stenosis)
Subglottic stenosis
Respiratory failure and arrest
Death (<3.7%)

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