Use of the Airtraq® Laryngoscope
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Advantages Of The Airtraq Laryngoscope
Possibly the most daunting task faced by critical care medical personnel are emergency intubations. Often times you are presented with a patient you are unfamiliar with who needs to be intubated in order to increase their chances of survival. In an attempt to cut costs many rural hospitals staff their emergency rooms with personnel whose intubation skills may be marginal at best and an experien...
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OBJECTIVE The aim was to compare the hemodynamic parameters, intubation times, upper airway trauma and postoperative sore throat scores of the patients with normal airway anatomy, intubated with the Airtraq, Macintosh laryngoscope and fiberoptic bronchoscope, by experienced anesthesiologists. METHODS Ninety patients, scheduled to undergo elective surgery under general anesthesia were randomly...
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We read with interest the article by Tong [1] and agree that the Airtraq optical laryngoscope is easy to use and can provide a full indirect view of the glottis when traditional direct laryngoscopy has failed. We would like to report the successful use of the Airtraq as a rescue device following failed awake fibreoptic intubation in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis (AS). A 48-yr-old male w...
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The insertion of a transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) probe during general anesthesia is usually performed in a blind manner. However, blind manipulation occasionally encounters difficulties in directing the probe tip into the esophageal orifice. This could potentially cause injuries to the oral and pharyngeal mucosa.1-3 Here, we introduce a method in which the Airtraq laryngoscope (Prodol,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anesthesiology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0003-3022
DOI: 10.1097/01.anes.0000282830.16579.e8