title: Management of upper airway obstruction using a Seldinger minitracheotomy kit.
abstract: Two adult patients with upper airway obstruction due to epiglottitis and infectious mononucleosis requiring urgent airway management are presented. Successful establishment of an open airway was achieved by performing a minitracheotomy using the Seldinger technique followed finally with nasotracheal fibreoptic intubation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Oulu University Hospital, Finland.
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Ala-Kokko
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kyllönen
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nuutinen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004826:Epiglottitis / Q000150:complications; D004867:Equipment Design; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000150:complications; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008904:Miniaturization; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D014140:Tracheotomy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*