Cricothyroid Approach for Emergency Access to the Airway.

Thoracic surgery clinics · Aug 2018

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Cricothyroid Approach for Emergency Access to the Airway.

Airway emergencies are life-threatening events that face providers of many different backgrounds. In cannot-intubate-cannot-ventilate situations, emergent access to the airway can be obtained through the cricothyroid membrane by cricothyroidotomy. ⋯ To date, there is no compelling evidence demonstrating superiority of a particular approach. Ultimately, the method used for cricothyroidotomy should be based on the comfort and experience of the provider performing the procedure.

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- Alejandro Bribriesco and G Alexander Patterson.
- Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, J4-1, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. Electronic address: bribria@ccf.org.
- Thorac Surg Clin. 2018 Aug 1; 28 (3): 435-440.
AbstractAirway emergencies are life-threatening events that face providers of many different backgrounds. In cannot-intubate-cannot-ventilate situations, emergent access to the airway can be obtained through the cricothyroid membrane by cricothyroidotomy. The 3 main techniques are open, percutaneous, and needle cricothyroidotomy. To date, there is no compelling evidence demonstrating superiority of a particular approach. Ultimately, the method used for cricothyroidotomy should be based on the comfort and experience of the provider performing the procedure.Copyright © 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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