Upper airways obstruction
A tracheostomy may be indicated in an upper airway obstruction if there is:
- impaction of a foreign body in the upper airway
- laryngeal oedema - e.g. epiglottis, Ludwig's angina
- severe facial injury
- facial burns
- where there has been assault with direct laryngeal injury
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