Management of upper airway obstruction using a Seldinger minitracheotomy kit.
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.
Ala-Kokko
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Department of Anaesthesiology, Oulu University Hospital, Finland.
Kyllönen
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Nuutinen
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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*