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Nasopharyngeal airway aspiration: An uncommon cause of sudden respiratory distress in hospitalized patients
- Source :
- Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 18, Iss 2, Pp 78-79 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2018.
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Abstract
- An elderly, bed ridden patient with a history of stroke was admitted for management of aspiration pneumonia. Two days after insertion of a nasopharyngeal airway, sudden respiratory distress prompted further investigations which led to the eventual diagnosis and removal of the nasopharyngeal airway that had been aspirated. The device was removed under conscious sedation with fiber optic bronchoscopy. Keywords: Nasopharyngeal airway, Aspiration, Respiratory distress, X-ray
- Subjects :
- Respiratory distress
Hospitalized patients
business.industry
Sedation
medicine.medical_device
lcsh:Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
lcsh:RC86-88.9
Aspiration pneumonia
respiratory system
medicine.disease
Nasopharyngeal airway
respiratory tract diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Bed-ridden
030228 respiratory system
Fiber optic bronchoscopy
Anesthesia
medicine
medicine.symptom
business
Stroke
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24522473
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Turkish Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....65a6f5c19f73a39f04d8b3606e5f5df0