Fluoroscopy assisted tracheal intubation in a case of anticipated difficult airway: Fail safe devices can also fail

Difficulty in airway management is the most important cause of major anesthesia-related morbidity and mortality. Unexpected difficulties may arise even with proper preanesthesia planning. Here, we report a case of anticipated difficult airway primarily planned for flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope as...

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Autores principales: Arulvelan, Appavoo, Soumya, Madhusudhan, Santhosh, Kannath
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4478829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26240555
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.154739
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Sumario:Difficulty in airway management is the most important cause of major anesthesia-related morbidity and mortality. Unexpected difficulties may arise even with proper preanesthesia planning. Here, we report a case of anticipated difficult airway primarily planned for flexible fibreoptic bronchoscope assisted intubation, but due to unexpected failure of light source, fluoroscopy was used, and the airway was successfully secured.

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