Transtracheal jet ventilation in management of the difficult airway.
We present the use of transtracheal jet ventilation in two uncooperative patients with a difficult airway. Although transtracheal jet ventilation is considered as a last resort option in the difficult airway algorithm, its use can be a valuable tool in selected difficult airway situations. Transtracheal jet ventilation can effectively maintain arterial oxygenation and provide extra time for attempts to intubate the trachea, either directly or fibreoptically.
Mchugh
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Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
Kumar
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Sprung
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Bourke
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D006611:High-Frequency Jet Ventilation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged