Verdile V P, Heller M B, Paris P M, Stewart R D
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15261.
Am J Emerg Med. 1988 Jan;6(1):39-41. doi: 10.1016/0735-6757(88)90203-3.
The coexistence of facial trauma and suspected cervical spine injury represents a difficult problem in airway management. The successful use of guided nasotracheal intubation using a flexible lighted stylet is described, and its application to the critically injured patient is emphasized.