Question 4 (part 2) · LEK · Intubation
Indicate the complications of a blind naso-tracheal intubation in a head trauma patient admitted to the A&E:
1) hypoxia.
2) epistaxis.
3) oesophageal perforation.
4) sinusitis.
5) vocal cords detachment.
6) intussusception of the uncus of the hippocampal gyrus.
The correct answer is:
2) epistaxis.
3) oesophageal perforation.
4) sinusitis.
5) vocal cords detachment.
6) intussusception of the uncus of the hippocampal gyrus.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2,3,4.
- B. 1,2,3,5.
- C. 2,4,5,6.
- D. 3,4,5.
- E. all of the above.
Hint
Think both about local trauma from a tube passed without vision and about the effect of airway manipulation on intracranial pressure after head injury.
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