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Blaming the balloon: the risk of post-intubation tracheobronchial rupture

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  1. Emergency Department and Anaesthesia Department, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Jennifer Richelle Reilly

  2. Department of Anaesthesia, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia

    Jennifer Richelle Reilly

  3. Emergency Department, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Mathieu Pasquier, Bertrand Yersin & Pierre-Nicolas Carron

  4. Anaesthesia Department, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Patrick Schoettker

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Reilly, J.R., Pasquier, M., Yersin, B. et al. Blaming the balloon: the risk of post-intubation tracheobronchial rupture. Intern Emerg Med 8, 753–756 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-013-0994-y

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