title: Rapid orotracheal intubation in the clenched-jaw patient: a modification of the lightwand technique.
abstract: Emergency airway management of the patient with a clenched jaw can present a special challenge to the anesthesiologist. We describe four cases in which the patients had a clenched jaw and nasotracheal intubation was either contraindicated or several attempts had failed. All patients were successfully orotracheally intubated by a modification of the lightwand technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, TX.
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Hartman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matson
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D007568:Jaw; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors