Awake nasotracheal fiber-optic intubation in a patient with severe gunshot injury to the face: Case Report
Facial trauma significantly increases the difficulty in airway management in the emergency department or during the provision of anesthesia for surgery. We present airway management in a patient with severe facial trauma that necessitated awake nasotracheal fiber-optic intubation for safe induction...
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Surgical Society of Kenya
2011-01-01
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| author | Kabugi J.G Okelo S. |
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| description | Facial trauma significantly increases the difficulty in airway management in the emergency department or during the provision of anesthesia for surgery. We present airway management in a patient with severe facial trauma that necessitated awake nasotracheal fiber-optic intubation for safe induction of anesthesia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f5ec0d804a14beba321e44cc043d7622022-12-22T03:11:39ZengSurgical Society of KenyaThe Annals of African Surgery1999-96742523-08162011-01-017Awake nasotracheal fiber-optic intubation in a patient with severe gunshot injury to the face: Case ReportKabugi J.G0Okelo S. 1Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital, Eldoret, Kenya. Facial trauma significantly increases the difficulty in airway management in the emergency department or during the provision of anesthesia for surgery. We present airway management in a patient with severe facial trauma that necessitated awake nasotracheal fiber-optic intubation for safe induction of anesthesia.https://www.annalsofafricansurgery.com/awake-nasotracheal-fiber-optic-intu |
| spellingShingle | Kabugi J.G Okelo S. Awake nasotracheal fiber-optic intubation in a patient with severe gunshot injury to the face: Case Report The Annals of African Surgery |
| title | Awake nasotracheal fiber-optic intubation in a patient with severe gunshot injury to the face: Case Report |
| title_full | Awake nasotracheal fiber-optic intubation in a patient with severe gunshot injury to the face: Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Awake nasotracheal fiber-optic intubation in a patient with severe gunshot injury to the face: Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Awake nasotracheal fiber-optic intubation in a patient with severe gunshot injury to the face: Case Report |
| title_short | Awake nasotracheal fiber-optic intubation in a patient with severe gunshot injury to the face: Case Report |
| title_sort | awake nasotracheal fiber optic intubation in a patient with severe gunshot injury to the face case report |
| url | https://www.annalsofafricansurgery.com/awake-nasotracheal-fiber-optic-intu |
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