Video-Assisted Stylet Intubation with a Plastic Sheet Barrier, a Safe and Simple Technique for Tracheal Intubation of COVID-19 Patients
As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, infection with the Omicron variants has become a serious risk to global public health. Anesthesia providers are often called upon for endotracheal intubations for COVID patients. Expedite and safe intubation can save patient’s life, while minimizing the virus exposu...
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| author | Ching-Hsuan Huang I-Min Su Bo-Jyun Jhuang Hsiang-Ning Luk Jason Zhensheng Qu Alan Shikani |
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| description | As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, infection with the Omicron variants has become a serious risk to global public health. Anesthesia providers are often called upon for endotracheal intubations for COVID patients. Expedite and safe intubation can save patient’s life, while minimizing the virus exposure to the anesthesia provider and personnel involved during airway intervention is very important to protect healthcare workers and conserve the medical work force. In this paper, we share clinical experience of using a video-assisted intubating stylet technique combined with a simple plastic sheet barrier placed over the patients’ mouth for tracheal intubation during the Omicron crisis in Taiwan. We demonstrated that the use of an intubating stylet combined with plastic sheet barrier is swift, safe, and accurate in securing the airway in patients with COVID-19. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5d232b96508d4d619f8fb047753fa11f2023-11-23T16:52:59ZengMDPI AGHealthcare2227-90322022-06-01106110510.3390/healthcare10061105Video-Assisted Stylet Intubation with a Plastic Sheet Barrier, a Safe and Simple Technique for Tracheal Intubation of COVID-19 PatientsChing-Hsuan Huang0I-Min Su1Bo-Jyun Jhuang2Hsiang-Ning Luk3Jason Zhensheng Qu4Alan Shikani5Department of Anesthesia, Hualien Tzuchi Hospital, Hualien 97002, TaiwanDepartment of Anesthesia, Hualien Tzuchi Hospital, Hualien 97002, TaiwanDepartment of Anesthesia, Hualien Tzuchi Hospital, Hualien 97002, TaiwanDepartment of Anesthesia, Hualien Tzuchi Hospital, Hualien 97002, TaiwanDepartment of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USADivision of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, LifeBridge Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21215, USAAs the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, infection with the Omicron variants has become a serious risk to global public health. Anesthesia providers are often called upon for endotracheal intubations for COVID patients. Expedite and safe intubation can save patient’s life, while minimizing the virus exposure to the anesthesia provider and personnel involved during airway intervention is very important to protect healthcare workers and conserve the medical work force. In this paper, we share clinical experience of using a video-assisted intubating stylet technique combined with a simple plastic sheet barrier placed over the patients’ mouth for tracheal intubation during the Omicron crisis in Taiwan. We demonstrated that the use of an intubating stylet combined with plastic sheet barrier is swift, safe, and accurate in securing the airway in patients with COVID-19.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/6/1105difficult airwayvideo-assisted intubating styletShikani techniquevideo-laryngoscopyplastic sheetbarrier enclosure |
| spellingShingle | Ching-Hsuan Huang I-Min Su Bo-Jyun Jhuang Hsiang-Ning Luk Jason Zhensheng Qu Alan Shikani Video-Assisted Stylet Intubation with a Plastic Sheet Barrier, a Safe and Simple Technique for Tracheal Intubation of COVID-19 Patients Healthcare difficult airway video-assisted intubating stylet Shikani technique video-laryngoscopy plastic sheet barrier enclosure |
| title | Video-Assisted Stylet Intubation with a Plastic Sheet Barrier, a Safe and Simple Technique for Tracheal Intubation of COVID-19 Patients |
| title_full | Video-Assisted Stylet Intubation with a Plastic Sheet Barrier, a Safe and Simple Technique for Tracheal Intubation of COVID-19 Patients |
| title_fullStr | Video-Assisted Stylet Intubation with a Plastic Sheet Barrier, a Safe and Simple Technique for Tracheal Intubation of COVID-19 Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Video-Assisted Stylet Intubation with a Plastic Sheet Barrier, a Safe and Simple Technique for Tracheal Intubation of COVID-19 Patients |
| title_short | Video-Assisted Stylet Intubation with a Plastic Sheet Barrier, a Safe and Simple Technique for Tracheal Intubation of COVID-19 Patients |
| title_sort | video assisted stylet intubation with a plastic sheet barrier a safe and simple technique for tracheal intubation of covid 19 patients |
| topic | difficult airway video-assisted intubating stylet Shikani technique video-laryngoscopy plastic sheet barrier enclosure |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/10/6/1105 |
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