Table 3.
Causes and time of death after PDT
| Cause of death | Total number |
Time of death |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intra-procedural | Post-procedural | |||||
| Total number |
71 |
|
22 |
(31.0%) |
49 |
(69.0%) |
| Hemorrhage |
27 |
(38.0%) |
3 |
(11.1%) |
24 |
(88.9%) |
| - innominate artery |
11 |
(40.7%) |
|
|
11 |
(100.0%) |
| - aortic arch |
2 |
(7.4%) |
|
|
2 |
(100.0%) |
| - subclavian artery |
1 |
(3.7%) |
1 |
(100.0%) |
|
|
| - thyroid artery |
1 |
(3.7%) |
|
|
1 |
(100.0%) |
| - other artery |
1 |
(3.7%) |
1 |
(100.0%) |
|
|
| - venous |
5 |
(18.5%) |
1 |
(20.0%) |
4 |
(80.0%) |
| - diffuse/unknown |
6 |
(22.2%) |
|
|
6 |
(100.0%) |
| Airway complications |
21 |
(29.6%) |
7 |
(33.3%) |
14 |
(66.7%) |
| - dislocation of the tracheal cannula |
11 |
(52.4%) |
1 |
(9.1%) |
10 |
(90.9%) |
| - lost airway during the procedure |
4 |
(19.0%) |
3 |
(75.0%) |
1 |
(25.0%) |
| - paratracheal misplacement of the tracheal cannula |
3 |
(14.3%) |
3 |
(100.0%) |
|
|
| - obstruction of tracheal cannula |
2 |
(9.5%) |
|
|
2 |
(100.0%) |
| - hypoxemia during cannula replacement |
1 |
(4.8%) |
|
|
1 |
(100.0%) |
| Tracheal perforation |
11 |
(15.5%) |
1 |
(9.1%) |
10 |
(90.9%) |
| Pneumothorax |
4 |
(5.6%) |
4 |
(100.0%) |
|
|
| Bronchospasm |
3 |
(4.2%) |
3 |
(100.0%) |
|
|
| Cardiac arrest/arrhythmia |
3 |
(4.2%) |
3 |
(100.0%) |
|
|
| Sepsis |
1 |
(1.4%) |
|
|
1 |
(100.0%) |
| Unknown | 1 | (1.4%) | 1 | (100.0%) | ||