Pneumocephalus following nasotracheal intubation.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 75-year-old woman with a previous repair of a cribiform plate fracture was nasotracheally intubated following a suicide attempt. Twenty-one days later she was readmitted to the hospital with a massive pneumocephalus, followed by a terminal intracranial hemorrhage. Nasotracheal intubation as a contributing factor in the development of pneumocephalus is previously unreported.
Medical subject headings
- Intubation, Intratracheal
- Pneumocephalus