A Case of Tracheal Stenosis Following Brief Intubation for an Acute Exacerbation of COPD.

Ju-Zhang Li, Qing Feng, Yu-Feng Liu, Jiang-Nan Zheng

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Article in International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Tracheal Stenosis Identified With Bronchoscopy Nine Years After Emergent Short-Term Intubation.Cureus · 2026
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Ju-Zhang LiDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Suzhou Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0002-7401-3264

Qing FengDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Suzhou Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China.

Yu-Feng LiuDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Suzhou Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China.

Jiang-Nan ZhengDepartment of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Suzhou Ninth Hospital Affiliated to Soochow University, Suzhou, People's Republic of China.

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Abstract

Tracheal stenosis following brief intubation is a rare but serious complication and could be misdiagnosed in specific individuals, especially those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma. This case report describes a patient with COPD who developed tracheal stenosis following emergency intubation for an acute exacerbation. The patient was managed with invasive ventilation for 28 hours due to an acute exacerbation of COPD and pulmonary encephalopathy. After extubation, the patient presented with respiratory distress, which was successfully treated with bronchoscopic cryotherapy.

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Intubation, IntratrachealPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveTracheal StenosisBronchoscopyCryotherapyDisease ProgressionHumansTreatment Outcomebronchoscopychronic obstructive pulmonary diseasecryotherapytracheal stenosis

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PMID40264968

DOI10.2147/COPD.S503495

PMCPMC12013644

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