Emergency X ray-guided nasotracheal intubation in a patient with a spinal epidural haematoma

M Kawaguchi; T Sakamoto; H Ohnishi; J Karasawa

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb03475.x

Emergency X ray-guided nasotracheal intubation in a patient with a spinal epidural haematoma

Anaesthesia. 1994 May;49(5):411-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb03475.x.

Authors

M Kawaguchi¹, T Sakamoto, H Ohnishi, J Karasawa

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Osaka Neurological Institute, Japan.

PMID: 8209983
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb03475.x

Abstract

A patient with a spinal epidural haematoma who developed tetraparesis and respiratory insufficiency is described. Nasotracheal intubation was successfully and rapidly undertaken with the aid of continuous fluoroscopy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Emergencies
Fluoroscopy
Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / complications
Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / diagnosis
Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / therapy*
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal / methods*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Paralysis / etiology
Radiography, Interventional
Respiratory Insufficiency / etiology