One-hand maneuver to facilitate flexible fiber-optic bronchoscope-guided nasotracheal intubation in sedated patients

Air-splinting maneuver during flexible fiber-optic bronchoscopy.

Correspondence TB is appropriate, particularly in high-prevalence countries. The study by Lee et al 2 performed in a high-prevalence Asian region and involving a very high number of untreated contacts demonstrates that the risk of progression is at its highest directly after Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) infection and that more than one-half of those subjects who progressed to TB did so with...

Difficult intubation using intubating laryngeal mask airway in conjunction with a fiber optic bronchoscope

When anesthesiologists encounter conditions in which intubation is not possible using a conventional direct laryngoscope, they can consider using other available techniques and devices such as fiber optic bronchoscope (FOB)-guided intubation, a laryngeal mask airway (LMA), intubating LMA (ILMA), a light wand, and the Combitube. FOB-guided intubation is frequently utilized in predicted difficult...

Conversion of orotracheal to nasotracheal intubation using a fiberoptic bronchoscope in a patient with intraoral hematoma

Corresponding author: Chul Ho Chang, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, and Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 211, Eonju-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-720, Korea. Tel: 82-2-2019-3528, Fax: 82-2-3463-0940, E-mail: [email protected] This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-C...

[Rhinoscope-guided nasotracheal intubation in a one-year old child with Osteogenesis imperfecta: case report].

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a rare, autosomal dominant disease. Anesthesia for patients with OI has several challenges; among them, management of the airways and the choice of anesthetic technique should be mentioned. The objective of this report was to describe the case of a child with this disorder associated with hydrocephalus who underwent total intravenous ane...

Nasotracheal intubation.