Nasotracheal intubation in diphtheria.
Nasotracheal intubation can be used effectively for the relief of upper airway obstruction in diphtheria. It has many advantages over tracheostomy; it avoids an operation and it eases anxiety of the parents. Of 57 patients so treated, 50 recovered without injury to the larynx in any patient.
D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D004165:Diphtheria / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D009666:Nose; D014140:Tracheotomy