Low-skill fibreoptic intubation: use of the Aintree Catheter with the classic LMA.
We describe a series of patients in whom anaesthetists - many of whom were trainees and had no prior experience of using the Aintree Intubation Catheter - successfully intubated the tracheas of patients in whom conventional attempts at intubation had failed. This was achieved by passing a fibrescope loaded with an Aintree Intubation Catheter through a classic Laryngeal Mask Airway (cLMA), which had already been placed to maintain the patient's airway.
Higgs
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Warrington Hospital, North Cheshire NHS Trust, Warrington WA5 1QG, UK. andyhiggs@doctors.org.uk
Clark
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Premraj
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged