Airway management/failed intubation drill

An Airway which Facilitates intubation with a Fiberoptic Laryngoscope

Retrograde Wire Intubation in Airway Management

Awake fibreoptic intubation for airway burns.

A young adult was admitted to a casualty department with severe burns sustained in a motor vehicle fire. His airway was initially patient, but in grave danger of obstruction due to inhalational injury. Conventional methods of airway management were unable to guarantee a patent airway and a novel approach is described.

Airway regional anesthesia for awake fiberoptic intubation.

Providing anesthetic care to the patient with a difficult airway keenly interests anesthesiologists and is a situation that often provokes much anxiety and trepidation. However, dealing effectively and safely with these patients is a skill that all anesthesiologists should be familiar with and are expected to perform with competency. Difficult airways arise from multiple causes. Access to the o...

Unusual access to airway with transorbital intubation.

654 September 2014 A IRWAY management in patients with previous extensive facial surgery can be challenging. We report, after patient’s written consent, a method for transorbital intubation in a 46-yr-old man with partial maxillectomy and right orbital exenteration. Physical examination revealed limited mouth opening, Mallampati 4, and adequate sternomental and thyromental distances. The patien...