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Anaesthesia
A 75-year-old thin cachectic woman undergoes a tracheostomy for failure to wean from the ventilator. One week later, she develops significant bleeding from the tracheostomy. Which of the following would be an appropriate initial step in the management of this problem?
Remove the tracheostomy and place pressure over the wound.
Deflate the balloon cuff on the tracheostomy.
Attempt to reintubate the patient with an endotracheal tube
Upsize the tracheostomy
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