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Stud Health Technol Inform · Jan 2011
Comparative StudyComparison of a disposable bougie versus a newly designed malleable bougie in the intubation of a difficult manikin airway.
- Ben H Boedeker, Mary Bernhagen, David J Miller, and W Bosseau Murray.
- Department of Anesthesiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-4455, USA. bboedeker@unmc.edu
- Stud Health Technol Inform. 2011 Jan 1;163:65-7.
AbstractThe endotracheal bougie is used for difficult intubations when only a minimal glottic view is obtained. Standard bougies are designed for use during direct, line-of-sight viewing of the glottic opening. With videolaryngoscopy, intubators "see around the corner", thus requiring a bougie which can be shaped to follow a significant curve. A malleable bougie with an imbedded internal wire was created to enable intubators to shape the curve to best fit a difficult airway. This pilot study examined the malleable bougie compared to the SunMed bougie in a simulated difficult airway intubation using video laryngoscopy.
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