title: Difficult airway management in the neonate: a simple method of intubating through a laryngeal mask airway.
abstract: Tracheal intubation through a laryngeal mask airway is one option for securing an airway in the patient with a difficult airway. A variety of techniques and equipment have been used to stabilize the position of the tracheal tube while removing the laryngeal mask airway. We have shown that if a fibreoptic bronchoscope is used to place an tracheal tube through a laryngeal mask in neonates, additional equipment is not needed to remove the laryngeal mask airway without endangering tracheal tube placement. This is possible even in small neonates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville 22906-0010, USA.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Ellis
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Potluri
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: O'Flaherty
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Baum
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male