title: Use of WuScope for exchange of endotracheal tube in a patient with difficult airway.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe a method for the exchange of a defective endotracheal tube using the WuScope in patients with difficult airways who cannot tolerate interrupted ventilation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case report.
  
  
  METHODS
  Detailed description of proposed modality for the endotracheal tube exchange.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Exchanging a defective endotracheal tube in patients with a "difficult airway" and compromised oxygenation can be a challenging task. Performing fiberoptic visualization with the WuScope and using a "double intubation" technique may be an acceptable method for endotracheal tube exchange in some clinical situations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  By using our technique the exchange of an endotracheal tube in a patient with a difficult airway may be achieved without interrupting the ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. Sprung.juraj@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Juraj
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sprung
authors.forename: Laurie C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dilger
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009300:Nasal Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology*; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000601:surgery*