title: The use of laryngeal mask airway Supreme™ in rescue airway situation in the critical care unit.
abstract: We herein report a witnessed cardiopulmonary collapse of a patient with difficult mask ventilation and near-impossible laryngoscopy-cum-intubation in the critical care unit. The airway was successfully rescued with a laryngeal mask airway Supreme™, followed by an open, crash tracheostomy by the otolaryngologist.
authors: Shahla
authors: S
authors: Siddiqui
authors: Edwin
authors: E
authors: Seet
authors: Wing Yan
authors: WY
authors: Chan
mesh_terms: D058109:Airway Management / Q000379:methods*; D003422:Critical Care; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D007830:Larynx; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D014132:Trachea / Q000601:surgery; D014139:Tracheostomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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