PEDIATRICS Vol. 48 No. 2 August 1971, pp. 299-301
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Unintentional Esophageal Intubation in the Newborn

Sylvan E. Stool M.D.1, Dale Johnson M.D.2, and Philip A. Rosenfeld M.D.3

1 Departments of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1740 Bainbridge Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19146
2 Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3 Department of Otolaryngology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19146

Three cases of accidental esophageal intubation in the newborn infant are presented. The best way of preventing such accidents is to attech an adaptor to all tubes that will be used in the newborn. Such accidents should not be complicated by hasty and inappropriate attempts at therapy.