Novel use of an exchange catheter to facilitate intubation with an Aintree catheter in a tall patient with a predicted difficult airway: a case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Introduction</p> <p>The Aintree intubating catheter (Cook<sup>® </sup>Medical Inc., Bloomington, IN, USA) has been shown to successfully facilitate difficult intubations when other methods have failed. The Aintree intubating catheter (Cook...

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Main Authors: Gruenbaum Shaun E, Gruenbaum Benjamin F, Tsaregorodtsev Sergey, Dubilet Michael, Melamed Israel, Zlotnik Alexander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Online Access:http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/6/1/108