Parker Flex-Tip™ are not superior to polyvinylchloride tracheal tubes for awake fibreoptic intubations

Is the Parker Flex-Tip Tube Really Superior to the Standard Tube for Fiberoptic Orotracheal Intubation?

To the Editor:—Dr. Kristensen has concluded that during intubation with the use of a flexible fiberscope, the use of the Parker Flex-Tube results in a significantly lower rate of repositioning and repeated attempts at passing the tube into the trachea, compared to a standard endotracheal tube. We believe it would be more appropriate to conclude that the Parker tube is better only when the stand...

Is the Parker Flex-Tip tube really superior to the standard tube for fiberoptic orotracheal intubation?

To the Editor:—Dr. Kristensen has concluded that during intubation with the use of a flexible fiberscope, the use of the Parker Flex-Tube results in a significantly lower rate of repositioning and repeated attempts at passing the tube into the trachea, compared to a standard endotracheal tube. We believe it would be more appropriate to conclude that the Parker tube is better only when the stand...

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.

Tracheal stricture secondary to cuffed tracheostomy tubes.

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Superior vena caval obstruction complicating fibreoptic gastroscopy.