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Bougie-facilitated Intubation in Penetrating Neck Injury
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Bougie-facilitated Intubation in Penetrating Neck Injury

Ahmad Wazzan
Eurasian journal of emergency medicine, Vol.18(2), pp.110-111
01/06/2019

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Emergency Medicine Life Sciences & Biomedicine Science & Technology
A young male patient with a history of schizophrenia was admitted to the emergency department after suicide attempt. He slashed his neck with a broken glass and this resulted in a wound in zone II exposing laryngeal structures. The vocal cords could be visualized through the wound. Intubation over a bougie was successful after well tropicalizing the patient's airway. The patient was taken for immediate tracheostomy and reconstruction.
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https://doi.org/10.4274/eajem.galenos.2019.67044View
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