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The Airtraq as a rescue airway device following failed direct laryngoscopy: a case series.

dc.contributor.authorMaharaj, C H
dc.contributor.authorCostello, J F
dc.contributor.authorMcDonnell, J G
dc.contributor.authorHarte, B H
dc.contributor.authorLaffey, J G
dc.date.accessioned2011-04-11T10:20:20Z
dc.date.available2011-04-11T10:20:20Z
dc.date.issued2007-06
dc.identifier.citationThe Airtraq as a rescue airway device following failed direct laryngoscopy: a case series. 2007, 62 (6):598-601 Anaesthesiaen
dc.identifier.issn0003-2409
dc.identifier.pmid17506739
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05036.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10147/127915
dc.description.abstractWe report the successful use of the Airtraq as a rescue device following failed direct laryngoscopy, in patients deemed at increased risk for difficult tracheal intubation. In a series of seven patients, repeated attempts at direct laryngoscopy with the Macintosh blade, and the use of manoeuvres to aid intubation, such as the gum elastic bougie placement, were unsuccessful. In contrast, with the Airtraq device, each patient's trachea was successfully intubated on the first attempt. This report underlines the utility of the Airtraq device in these patients.
dc.language.isoenen
dc.subject.meshAdult
dc.subject.meshEquipment Design
dc.subject.meshFemale
dc.subject.meshHumans
dc.subject.meshIntubation, Intratracheal
dc.subject.meshLaryngoscopes
dc.subject.meshLaryngoscopy
dc.subject.meshMale
dc.subject.meshMiddle Aged
dc.subject.meshTreatment Failure
dc.titleThe Airtraq as a rescue airway device following failed direct laryngoscopy: a case series.en
dc.typeArticleen
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Anaesthesia, Clinical Sciences Institute, National Centre for Biomedical Engineering Sciences, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland.en
dc.identifier.journalAnaesthesiaen
dc.description.provinceConnacht
html.description.abstractWe report the successful use of the Airtraq as a rescue device following failed direct laryngoscopy, in patients deemed at increased risk for difficult tracheal intubation. In a series of seven patients, repeated attempts at direct laryngoscopy with the Macintosh blade, and the use of manoeuvres to aid intubation, such as the gum elastic bougie placement, were unsuccessful. In contrast, with the Airtraq device, each patient's trachea was successfully intubated on the first attempt. This report underlines the utility of the Airtraq device in these patients.


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