Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
  • 2 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Queen Elizabeth, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
  • 3 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Putrajaya, Putrajaya, Malaysia
  • 4 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia boontat@ums.edu.my
BMJ Case Rep, 2020 Dec 09;13(12).
PMID: 33298493 DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2020-237764

Abstract

Intubations are important live saving skills to maintain adequate ventilation and oxygenation. Common indications include impending upper airway obstruction, respiratory failure and impaired conscious level. Oral myiasis is an infrequently found disease which is characterised by ectoparasitic infestation of body tissues by fly maggots.We present a case report and share valuable experiences on a patient with massive airway myiasis causing upper airway obstruction which require emergency intubation.

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