Video-assisted laryngoscopy: a useful adjunct in endotracheal intubation.
The difficult airway is the single most important cause of anaesthesia-related morbidity and mortality and most catastrophes are due to unexpected difficulty, which are more likely in emergencies. We report a difficult airway scenario in a patient with a high energetic trauma and used several techniques for the "can't intubate, can't ventilate scenario". Eventually, successful intubation was obtained with the video-assisted laryngoscope.
Van Zundert
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Catharina Hospital, Dept of Anesthesiology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. zundert@iae.nl
Stessel
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De Ruiter
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Giebelen
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Weber
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000293:Adolescent; D005592:Fracture Fixation; D015600:Glasgow Coma Scale; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008337:Mandibular Fractures / Q000601:surgery; D009049:Motorcycles; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000601:surgery