The new air-Q intubating laryngeal airway for tracheal intubation in children with anticipated difficult airway: a case series.
The air-Q intubating laryngeal airway (ILA) is a new supraglottic airway device which may overcome some limitations inherent to the classic laryngeal mask airway for tracheal intubation. We present a case series of patients with anticipated difficult airway in whom the air-Q ILA was successfully used as a conduit for fiberoptic intubation.
Jagannathan
Narasimhan
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Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. simjag2000@yahoo.com
Roth
Andrew G
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Sohn
Lisa E
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Pak
Thomas Y
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Amin
Sapan
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Suresh
Santhanam
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D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome