Blind nasotracheal intubation.
One hundred fifty successive nonapneic patients requiring tracheal intubation had blind nasotracheal intubation performed. The primary indications for intubation were: drug overdose, 54 (36%); head injury, 36 (24%); COPD, 18 (12%); cerebrovascular accident, 15 (10%); congestive heart failure, 11 (7%); and other, 16 (11%). One hundred thirty-eight patients (92%) were successfully intubated using this technique.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004630:Emergencies; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged