title: [A comparison between nasotracheal and orotracheal intubation in treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease complicated by respiratory failure].
abstract: Endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation were given to 100 COPD patients complicated by respiratory failure from Dec. 1977 to May 1990. Among them 42 were intubated through mouth. The tubes were kept from 1 to 6 days. In only 8 cases (19.0%) the tubes could be withdrawn according to the criterion, and 25 patients (59.0%) were tracheostomized. Nasotracheal intubation were given to 58 patients. The tubes were kept from 1 to 220 days and could be withdrawn in 39 cases (81.0%), with an incidence higher than that in patients intubated orotracheally (P < 0.01). Tracheostomy mas given to 6 patients intubated nasotracheally (10.3%), being fewer than in patients intubated through mouth (P < 0.01). Although the tubes have been kept for longer time, the duration of hospitalization was not prolonged.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Chest Medicine, Zhongshan Hospital, Shanghai Medical University.
authors.forename: Y Y
authors.initials: YY
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.forename: C X
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Bai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009055:Mouth; D009296:Nasal Cavity; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*