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A 22-year-old woman is involved in a major motor vehicle accident and receives a tracheostomy during her hospitalization. Five days after placement of the tracheostomy she has some minor bleeding around the tracheostomy site. Which of the following is the most appropriate immediate therapy?

ARemoval of tracheostomy at bedside.
BExchange the tracheostomy at bedside.
CExchange the tracheostomy in the operating room.
DBronchoscopic evaluation of the trachea at bedside
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