%0 Case Reports
%T Right trace wrong place: a normal capnography trace despite the tip of the tracheal tube existing outside the airway.
%A Karmakar A
%A Khan MJ
%A Shallik NAH
%A Moustafa AHMN
%A Toble YMRA
%A Strandvik GF
%J Anaesth Rep
%V 12
%N 2
%D 2024 Jul-Dec
%M 38994270
暂无%R 10.1002/anr3.12313
%X Head and neck trauma can result in difficult airway management. A 25-year-old male required emergency tracheal intubation on arrival to the emergency department following a motorbike accident. Despite the presence of a normal capnography a computed tomography scan demonstrated a tracheal opening, an extra-tracheal position of the distal end of the tracheal tube, and extensive subcutaneous emphysema. The tube was re-directed into the trachea and the tracheal injury was surgically repaired. This case highlights that the presence of a normal capnograph does not necessarily mean that the distal end of the tracheal tube resides within the airway.