COMPLICATIONS ARISING FROM THE BLIND PASSAGE OF AN ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE THROUGH THE NASOPHARYNX INCLUDE
Posted on May 29, 2019
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-EPISTAXIS
Epistaxis rate of 86% reported with nasal endotracheal intubation.16
-NASAL AND NASOPHARYNGEAL SOFT TISSUE MUCOSAL DAMAGE 3,4
-AVULSION OF A TURBINATE 5,6,7
– RETROPHARYNGEAL DISSECTION 10,48
– OBSTRUCTION OF ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE WITH AVULSED TISSUE. 7, 8, 9
– POST INTUBATION NASAL PAIN.
– AUTONOMIC HYPERTENSIVE AND TACHYCARDIC RESPONSE TO NASAL INTUBATION.