PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Timothy J. Barreiro
AU  - Christian Ghattas
AU  - Cherry Ann Valino
TI  - Iatrogenic Tracheal Stenosis Presenting as Persistent Asthma
AID  - 10.4187/respcare.02231
DP  - 2013 Jan 22
TA  - Respiratory Care
PG  - respcare.02231
4099  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/early/2013/01/23/respcare.02231.short
4100  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/early/2013/01/23/respcare.02231.full
AB  - Tracheal stenosis used to be a complication of tracheostomy. Prior to the introduction of mechanical ventilation for treatment of respiratory failure, although the incidence of post intubation tracheal stenosis has markedly decreased with the advent of large volume, low pressure cuffs, it still occurs, commonly in patients after prolonged intubation. We report a case of tracheal stenosis that developed after a brief period of endotracheal intubation that was misdiagnosed and treated as asthma and panic attacks.