Over-Inflating a Tracheostomy Tube Cuff for Tracheo-Innominate Artery Fistula

Abstract

We report an angiographic image of a 58-year-old woman with profuse bleeding from a tracheo-innominate artery fistula. It may not have been possible to obtain this valuable image if adequate initial resuscitation and an over-inflated tracheostomy tube cuff had not been administered to stop bleeding during an emergency.

Keywords

• tracheo-innominate artery fistula
• complication of tracheostomy
• computed tomography angiography