title: Combination of Airway Scope and bougie for a full-stomach patient with difficult intubation caused by unanticipated anatomical factors and cricoid pressure.
abstract: The Airway Scope, one of the newest video-laryngoscopes, provides an excellent view of the larynx on a built-in monitor screen. Difficulty in introducing an endotracheal tube into the laryngeal aperture may occur, even though the aperture is visible. The bougie may solve this difficulty because its angulated tip can be controlled in a desired direction. The successful use of the bougie along with the Airway Scope in a full-stomach patient with a difficult airway is presented.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Center, Nippon Steel Yawata Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu 805-8508, Japan. bambooin@nag.bbiq.jp
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Takenaka
authors.forename: Kazuyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
authors.forename: Tamao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwagaki
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishimura
authors.forename: Yukari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takenaka
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kadoya
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods; D007830:Larynx; D008875:Middle Aged; D020535:Video-Assisted Surgery