Wire-guided (Seldinger technique) intubation through a face mask in urgent, difficult and grossly distorted airways

Wire-guided (Seldinger technique) intubation through a face mask in urgent, difficult and grossly distorted airways

We report two cases of successful urgent intubation using a Seldinger technique for airway management through an anesthesia facemask, while maintaining ventilation in patients with difficult airways and grossly distorted airway anatomy. In both cases, conventional airway management techniques were p...

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Main Authors: Jake M Heier, Kristopher M Schroeder, Richard E Galgon, George A Arndt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Airway management
difficult airway
difficult intubation
fiberoptic bronchoscopy
trauma
Treacher-collins syndrome
wire-guided catheter exchange
Online Access:http://www.saudija.org/article.asp?issn=1658-354X;year=2012;volume=6;issue=3;spage=292;epage=294;aulast=Heier

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