Question
Indications for insertion of this Tube(as shown in the image)are all except:
| A. |
Cardiac Tamponade |
| B. |
Flail chest |
| C. |
Foreign Body |
| D. |
Head injury |
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Correct Answer � A Explanation |
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Ans:A. Cardiac Tamponade.
- The image shown is of a Tracheostomy Tube.
- Cardiac tamponade is not an indication for tracheostomy.
INDICATIONS OF TRACHEOSTOMY
To relieve upper airway obstruction
- Foreign body Larynx
- Trauma
- Acute infection – acute epiglottitis, diphtheria, Tetanus
- Glottic edema, Tracheal Stenosis.
- Bilateral abductor paralysis of the vocal cords
- Tumors of the larynx
- Congenital web or atresia
- New born with a goiter large enough to cause dyspnoea
To improve respiratory function
- Fulminating bronchopneumonia
- Chronic bronchitis and emphysema
- Chest injury and flail chest
- Atelectasis
- Respiratory paralysis
- Unconscious head injury
- Bulbar poliomyelitis