Application of gum elastic bougie to nasal intubation.
Gum elastic bougie (GEB), a useful device for difficult airway management, has seldom been used for nasotracheal intubation. Among 632 patients undergoing dental procedures or oral surgery, GEB was used successfully in 16 patients in whom conventional nasal intubation had failed because of anatomical problems or maldirection of the tip of the tracheal tube. We recommend that GEB should be applied from the first attempt for nasal intubation in patients with difficult airways.
Arisaka
Hirofumi
H
Division of Anesthesiology, Department of Clinical Care Medicine, Kanagawa Dental College, Kanagawa, Japan. a-hiroumi@mpd.biglobe.ne.jp
Sakuraba
Shigeki
S
Furuya
Munetaka
M
Higuchi
Kazutoshi
K
Yui
Hitoshi
H
Kiyama
Shuya
S
Yoshida
Kazu-Ichi
K
D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009666:Nose; D012408:Rubber
D012408:Rubber