Aspiration of a nasotracheal tube. A complication of nasotracheal intubation and mechanism for retrieval.
Nasotracheal tube aspiration should be recognized as one of the complications of tracheal intubation. We describe a patient identifying such an event and provide an alternative technique for tube retrieval.
D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012119:Respiration; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000628:therapy*