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Nasotracheal intubation in traumatic craniofacial dislocation: use of the lighted stylet
V P Verdile1, M B Heller, P M Paris
1Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15261.
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
The coexistence of facial trauma and suspected cervical spine injury represents a difficult problem in airway management. The successful use of guided nasotracheal intubation using a flexible lighted stylet is described, and its application to the critically injured patient is emphasized.