Transglottic high frequency jet ventilation for management of laryngeal fracture associated with air bag deployment injury.
Blunt laryngeal trauma is an uncommon injury associated with high prehospital mortality. Conventional airway management consists of awake tracheostomy. A case of laryngeal trauma associated with air bag deployment managed with tubeless suspension laryngoscopy with high frequency transglottic jet ventilation is presented. The advantages of this technique in the management of patients who are not good candidates for awake tracheostomy are discussed.
Mandel
Jeff E
JE
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: mandelj@uphs.upenn.edu.
Weller
Gregory E R
GER
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Chennupati
Sri Kirin
SK
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Mirza
Natasha
N
Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.