title: Emergency X ray-guided nasotracheal intubation in a patient with a spinal epidural haematoma.
abstract: A patient with a spinal epidural haematoma who developed tetraparesis and respiratory insufficiency is described. Nasotracheal intubation was successfully and rapidly undertaken with the aid of continuous fluoroscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Osaka Neurological Institute, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohnishi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karasawa
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004630:Emergencies; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006407:Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010243:Paralysis / Q000209:etiology; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology