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14507562

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-9-25
pubmed:abstractText
The literature documenting the anesthetic implications of body piercing consists only of a few case reports that focus exclusively on interference with airway management by oral jewelry. To date, no case reports documenting anesthetic problems resulting from the presence of nasal jewelry have been reported. We present a case of a parturient who presented for an emergency cesarean section with nasal jewelry in situ, which was unnoticed preoperatively and then became externally loosened intraoperatively. This situation necessitated fiberoptic examination of the nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal cavities and radiologic imaging studies to rule out aerodigestive tract aspiration of retained and missing piece(s) of the jewelry. Based on this experience, we now advise all laboring parturients with nasal or oral jewelry in situ to remove the hardware on admission to Labor and Delivery for safety precautions.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0952-8180
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
359-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
An initially unnoticed piece of nasal jewelry in a parturient: implications for intraoperative airway management.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103, USA. kkuczkowski@ucsd.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports