title: The King Vision™ video laryngoscope for awake intubation: series of cases and literature review.
abstract: Intubation of patients with a supraglottic mass causing obstruction of the glottis remains a difficult problem for the experienced anesthesiologist. Awake fiberscopic endotracheal intubation is the recommended approach in such cases; however, use of a video laryngoscope for awake intubation can be an alternative to a fiberscope. Here we present two cases of awake intubation using a King Vision™ video laryngoscope in patients with a supraglottic mass, and a literature review on use of video laryngoscopes for awake intubation. After topical anesthesia and sedation with opioids, the patients were successfully intubated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine and Disaster Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Ewelina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gaszynska
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine and Disaster Medicine, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
authors.forename: Tomasz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gaszynski
keywords: airway management; awake intubation; difficult airway; video laryngoscope