Pneumocephalus following nasotracheal intubation.
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.
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Division of Critical Care Medicine, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, New York.
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D000368:Aged; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D062787:Drug Overdose; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D009666:Nose; D011007:Pneumocephalus / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000628:therapy; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D013693:Temazepam / Q000506:poisoning; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D013693:Temazepam