What Is Tracheitis?
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
9. Complications
Pneumonia is a complication that occurs in 19 to 60% of tracheitis cases. Hospital-acquired pneumonia occurs when bacteria in a medical setting grow inside a person’s lungs. Health care workers can spread these bacteria, and patients on ventilators are especially at risk.
Other complications of tracheitis include damage to the airway as a breathing tube is inserted or removed. Complications also can occur if a doctor decides to remove the tube before a patient can breathe independently; sometimes this happens by accident. Other complications are related to bacterial infections that spread into the bloodstream such as septicemia and toxic shock.
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