Glass ingestion from fracture of a laryngoscope bulb.
A 22-month-old child had a generalized tonic-clonic seizure during attempted orotracheal intubation and broke the laryngoscope bulb with his teeth. The glass was swallowed but passed uneventfully through the gastrointestinal tract. The possibility of this unusual complication should be considered when patients at risk for seizures are intubated by the orotracheal route.
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Division of Emergency Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque 87131.
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D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000379:methods; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000150:complications*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005898:Glass; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013270:Stomach