PEDIATRICS Vol. 87 No. 4 April 1991, pp. 581-582
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Ingestion of a Laryngoscope Light Bulb During Delivery Room Resuscitation

LOUIE NAUMOVSKI MD1, KEVIN SCHAFFER MD1, and BARRY FLEISHER MD2

1 Department of Pediatrics
2 Division of Neonatal and Developmental Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305

To the Editor.—

Neonatal resuscitation involves management of the airway and at times requires laryngoscopy and endotracheal intubation. These procedures can be associated with iatrogenic complications, one of which is described below.

The patient was intubated at the referring hospital because of meconium staining of the amniotic fluid. He required mechanical ventilation and was transported to our hospital. A bullet-shaped radiopaque object was noted on the chest roentgenogram from the referring hospital. Its presence was confirmed on subsequent films at our hospital (Figure).




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