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Complications of guided blind endotracheal intubation
Author(s) -
Akinyemi O.O.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1979.tb06347.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nasotracheal intubation , nostril , intubation , cannula , endotracheal intubation , anesthesia , surgery , nasal cannula , airway , nose
The complications observed in twelve patients undergoing guided blind nasotracheal intubation are presented. The commonest was minor bleeding, followed by difficulty in hooking the cannula out of the nostril. These complications are minor enough to justify the more frequent use of the technique in patients with intubation problems.