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Difficult Laryngoscopy (difficult + laryngoscopy)
Selected AbstractsPrediction and Surgical Management of Difficult LaryngoscopyTHE LARYNGOSCOPE, Issue 4 2004Yayoi Suzuki Kikkawa MD No abstract is available for this article. [source] Comparison of the C-MAC® videolaryngoscope with the Macintosh, Glidescope®, and Airtraq® laryngoscopes in easy and difficult laryngoscopy scenarios in manikinsANAESTHESIA, Issue 5 2010J. McElwain Summary The C-MAC® comprises a Macintosh blade connected to a video unit. The familiarity of the Macintosh blade, and the ability to use the C-MAC as a direct or indirect laryngoscope, may be advantageous. We wished to compare the C-MAC with Macintosh, Glidescope® and Airtraq® laryngoscopes in easy and simulated difficult laryngoscopy. Thirty-one experienced anaesthetists performed tracheal intubation in an easy and difficult laryngoscopy scenario. The duration of intubation attempts, success rates, number of intubation attempts and of optimisation manoeuvres, the severity of dental compression, and difficulty of device use were recorded. In easy laryngoscopy, the duration of tracheal intubation attempts were similar with the C-MAC, Macintosh and Airtraq laryngoscopes; the Glidescope performed less well. The C-MAC and Airtraq provided the best glottic views, but the C-MAC was rated as the easiest device to use. In difficult laryngo-scopy the C-MAC demonstrated the shortest tracheal intubation times. The Airtraq provided the best glottic view, with the Macintosh providing the worst view. The C-MAC was the easiest device to use. [source] A new mirrored laryngoscope,ANAESTHESIA, Issue 10 2003R. C. N. McMorrow Summary A new laryngoscope has been designed, incorporating an adjustable mirror and a levered tip similar to the McCoy blade, in an attempt to bridge the gulf between simple direct laryngoscopy and fiberoptic laryngoscopy. Manual in-line neck stabilisation was used to simulate difficult laryngoscopy in 14 anaesthetised patients after full neuromuscular blockade. The best view at laryngoscopy was assessed using a standard Macintosh laryngsocope, a size 3 McCoy laryngoscope and the mirrored laryngoscope. The best laryngeal view obtained in all cases with the Macintosh blade was a grade 3. The mirrored laryngoscope improved this view in 10 cases (71%) compared with five cases (36%) with the McCoy laryngoscope (p =,0.005); in seven cases (50%), the view improved to a grade 1 compared with no cases when the McCoy was used (p =,0.02). We conclude that the mirrored laryngoscope offers considerable advantages over the Macintosh and the McCoy laryngoscopes in simulated difficult laryngoscopy, is simple to use and requires no special training. [source] Comparison of the single-use plastic bougie and the multiple-use gum elastic bougie for tracheal intubation in simulated grade-3 difficult laryngoscopyANAESTHESIA, Issue 5 2003A.G. Marfin First page of article [source] Difficult intubation of a child through laryngeal mask airway with two tracheal tubesACTA PAEDIATRICA, Issue 12 2006TANIL KENDIIRLI Abstract Difficult tracheal intubation occurs infrequently. It is estimated that difficult laryngoscopy occurs in 1,2% of patients. Tracheal intubation of especially small infants can be challenging. When faced with a difficult airway, intubation through a laryngeal mask airway is one method of obtaining a secure airway. Here, we report a 23-mo-old girl with chronic lung disease and severe pneumonia, who was admitted to our paediatric intensive care unit. Since the patient could not be intubated by the standard method, because her larynx was up and forward, she was intubated successfully with a laryngeal mask airway through which two consecutive tracheal tubes were inserted. Conclusion: Laryngeal mask airway has an important role as a back-up device in case direct visualization of the larynx is not possible. [source] | ||||||||||