Khan Muhammad Usman, Khalid Waqar, Latif Naveed, Hussain Tanvir
Anesthesiology and Critical Care, National Hospital & Medical Center, Lahore, PAK.
Cureus. 2024 May 12;16(5):e60149. doi: 10.7759/cureus.60149. eCollection 2024 May.
We report a case of a cannulated nasopharyngeal airway (NPA) in a patient having a neurological deficit, absent gag reflex, and no clinically obvious signs of respiratory distress. The patient had two episodes of vomiting before admission and was admitted with the initial working diagnosis of aspiration pneumonia; however, a preliminary chest X-ray (CXR) revealed an NPA, sitting vertically in the airway. It is our emphasis that thorough clinical history and radiological imaging are of paramount importance in prompt management of such airway complications.
我们报告了一例患有神经功能缺损、咽反射消失且无明显临床呼吸窘迫体征的患者置入鼻咽气道(NPA)的病例。该患者入院前有两次呕吐发作,入院时初步诊断为吸入性肺炎;然而,初步胸部X线(CXR)检查发现气道内垂直放置着一个NPA。我们强调,详尽的临床病史和影像学检查对于此类气道并发症的及时处理至关重要。