title: Use of a tracheoscopic ventilation tube for endotracheal intubation in the difficult airway.
abstract: Difficult endotracheal intubation is a clinical challenge for anesthesiologists and other practitioners of airway management. The use of a tracheoscopic ventilation tube, a novel airway device, for endotracheal intubation during general anesthesia in two patients with difficult airways after unsuccessful direct laryngoscopy is presented.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA. james.heitz@jefferson.edu
authors: James W
authors: JW
authors: Heitz
authors: Patrick P
authors: PP
authors: Shum
authors: Zvi
authors: Z
authors: Grunwald
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D058109:Airway Management / Q000379:methods*; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation