Use of the air-Q intubating laryngeal airway for rapid-sequence

Anaesthesia · Jun 2013

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Use of the air-Q intubating laryngeal airway for rapid-sequence intubation in infants with severe airway obstruction: a case series.

We describe a four-step method for fibreoptic-guided, rapid-sequence tracheal intubation through the air-Q intubating laryngeal airway in infants with severe airway obstruction. Our step-wise process provides an organised and controlled approach to safely securing the airway.

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- L E Sohn and J M Eidem.
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Department of Pediatric Anesthesia, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. simjag2000@yahoo.com
- Anaesthesia. 2013 Jun 1;68(6):636-8.
AbstractWe describe a four-step method for fibreoptic-guided, rapid-sequence tracheal intubation through the air-Q intubating laryngeal airway in infants with severe airway obstruction. Our step-wise process provides an organised and controlled approach to safely securing the airway.Anaesthesia © 2013 The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.

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