title: Management of the challenging airway with the Bullard laryngoscope.
abstract: The Bullard laryngoscope is a rigid fiber-optic device that offers a new approach to oral laryngoscopy. In this report, I present five cases illustrative of the use of the Bullard laryngoscope in patients with demonstrated or suspected difficult laryngoscopy and intubation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Gorback
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D004057:Hyperostosis, Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology; D007013:Hypopharynx; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D008035:Lingual Frenum / Q000002:abnormalities; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055100:Optical Fibers; D013167:Spondylitis, Ankylosing / Q000503:physiopathology; D013705:Temporomandibular Joint Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery