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A patient with tetanus in whom a tracheotomy was deemed contraindicated was managed for 31 days of artificial ventilation with an endotracheal tube in place, with no permanent sequelae.
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Un malade souffrant de tétanos chez qui une trachéotomie a été jugée contre indiquée a été soumis durant 31 jours à une ventilation artificielle à travers un tube endotrachéal sans sequelle permanente.
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Department of Anaesthesia, University of Western Ontario and Victoria Hospital, London, Ontario.
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Sellery, G.R., Baker, B.L. Endotracheal intubation for 31 days in a tetanus patient. Canad. Anaesth. Soc. J. 18, 683–686 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03026189
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