Tracheal intubation under fluoroscopic control. X ray-guided orotracheal intubation in three cases of impossible direct laryngoscopy.
Three patients are described in whom it was impossible to visualise the larynx at direct laryngoscopy. Tracheal intubation was successfully and rapidly achieved with the aid of continuous fluoroscopy.
Istituto di Anestesiologia e Rianimazione, University of Padua, Italy.
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D000328:Adult; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging