title: Foreign body obstruction preventing blind nasal intubation.
abstract: A healthy young male patient was scheduled for dental care under nasotracheal intubated general anesthesia. The presence of a plastic calculator key complicated the intubation. This case report describes the event and reviews some possible techniques for coping with an airway that becomes obstructed by a foreign object.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. prior.20@osu.edu
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Prior
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000766:Anesthesia, Dental; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D007830:Larynx; D008297:Male; D008738:Methyl Ethers / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D014827:Vocal Cords
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D000077149:Sevoflurane