title: Application of gum elastic bougie to nasal intubation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Anesthesiology, Department of Clinical Care Medicine, Kanagawa Dental College, Kanagawa, Japan. a-hiroumi@mpd.biglobe.ne.jp
authors.forename: Hirofumi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arisaka
authors.forename: Shigeki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sakuraba
authors.forename: Munetaka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furuya
authors.forename: Kazutoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yui
authors.forename: Shuya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiyama
authors.forename: Kazu-Ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D009666:Nose; D012408:Rubber
chemical_list: D012408:Rubber