title: Use of Clarus Video System®in expected difficult airway in a patient with Rett syndrome.
abstract: Difficult airway management remains one of the key points in our specialty, as the difficulty or impossibility of tracheal intubation is the main cause of morbidity/mortality attributable to anaesthesia. Rett syndrome is a severe and incapacitating neurological disease. We present the case of a 21-year-old girl affected by this syndrome, with significant psychomotor retardation and difficult airway predictors, who was scheduled to have a laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anaesthesia. We decided on one attempt of Clarus Video System®fiberoptic intubation as primary intervention. Intubation was successfully performed with the help of this optical stylet. The use of optical stylets is gaining prominence and finding a place in the latest algorithms of difficult airway management. We highlight the growing role these devices play in managing difficult airway, therefore we review the current situation of videolaryngoscopes in the management of the predicted difficult airway.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital San Agustín, Avilés, Asturias, España. Electronic address: lorenespana@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: España Fuente
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital San Agustín, Avilés, Asturias, España.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Méndez Redondo
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología y Reanimación, Hospital San Agustín, Avilés, Asturias, España.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: González González
mesh_terms: D058109:Airway Management / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D017081:Cholecystectomy, Laparoscopic; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D015518:Rett Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Clarus Video System(®); Difficult airway; Epilepsia; Epilepsy; Estilete óptico; Optical stylet; Rett syndrome; Síndrome de Rett; Vía aérea difícil