title: Use of the air-Q intubating laryngeal airway for rapid-sequence intubation in infants with severe airway obstruction: a case series.
abstract: We describe a four-step method for fibreoptic-guided, rapid-sequence tracheal intubation through the air-Q intubating laryngeal airway in infants with severe airway obstruction. Our step-wise process provides an organised and controlled approach to safely securing the airway.
authors.affiliation: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. simjag2000@yahoo.com
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jagannathan
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Eidem
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male