Difficult mask ventilation: simple step to make the impossible, possible!
Mask ventilation is one of the most important skills in airway management. Difficulty in mask ventilation can become life threatening if it is associated with difficulty in intubation during general anesthesia. We report a potential impossible ventilation condition which was safely and easily overcome with appropriate innovative modification of an Opsite adhesive film.
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia; Advanced Medical and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Bertam, 13200 Kepala Batas, Penang, Malaysia. Electronic address: sechong@usm.my.
Soon Eu
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Chong
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. Electronic address: rhendra@gmail.com.
Rhendra Hardy
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Mohammad Zaini
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 16150 Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. Electronic address: ikhwanwmr@yahoo.com.
Ikhwan
I
Wan Mohd Rubi
Department of Dermatology, Hospital Raja Perempuan Zainab II, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia. Electronic address: limjoanne1021@yahoo.com.
Jo Anne
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Lim
D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000150:complications*; D005145:Face / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006044:Goiter, Nodular / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014139:Tracheostomy
Difficult airway; Difficult ventilation; Fiberoptic intubation; General anesthesia