Upper airway obstruction caused by a double-cuffed nasal balloon after extubation

This case report highlights a situation in which a double-cuffed nasal balloon tamponade device can cause an upper airway obstruction. An 89-year-old female required general anesthesia for an emergent embolization for right-sided epistaxis. The patient had no signs of upper airway obstruction when a...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical anesthesia 2004-06, Vol.16 (4), p.301-304
Hauptverfasser:	Jiang, Yandong, Acquadro, Martin A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Aged, 80 and over Airway management Airway obstruction Airway Obstruction - etiology Anesthesia Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Balloon Occlusion - adverse effects Balloon Occlusion - instrumentation balloon tamponade Biological and medical sciences Blood clots Catheters epistaxis Epistaxis - therapy Female general anesthesia Heart attacks Hospitals Humans Intubation Larynx Medical equipment Medical sciences Migration nasal packing Ventilation
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