Today's x-ray
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@George-K In English, what are we udnestanding? 555
Sticking a tube in the nose is not a good idea for a person with a skull fracture?
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@George-K In English, what are we udnestanding? 555
Sticking a tube in the nose is not a good idea for a person with a skull fracture?
@taiwan_girl said in Today's x-ray:
@George-K In English, what are we udnestanding? 555
Sticking a tube in the nose is not a good idea for a person with a skull fracture?
Exactly.
This is a basilar skull fracture - it's right above and behind the nasal bones which act as the roof of the nasal cavity.
They inserted a nano-gastric tube, designed to go into the nose, and down into the stomach. The tube migrated through the fracture and into the brain.
I first saw a similar x-ray when I was an intern and it was one of those "there but for the grace of God...." x-rays.
This has a mortality of about 65%.
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lets just hope they looked at the xray before they started injecting some food or contrast material in the NG tube
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lets just hope they looked at the xray before they started injecting some food or contrast material in the NG tube
@bachophile I've had more than one NG tube go submucosal. When I looked in the pharynx, it's not there, but there's something wiggling under the mucosa at the back of the throat...
Hate when that happens.
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