Management of the difficult pediatric airway in an austere environment using the lightwand.
J Clin Anesth
; 2(2): 123-5, 1990.
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| ID: mdl-2346651
Increasingly, medical teams are providing sophisticated surgical treatment to pediatric patients in developing nations. Such care is often administered under relatively austere conditions using easily transported equipment. Because some of these patients may present with congenital or acquired airway abnormalities that make direct laryngoscopy difficult or impossible, alternative methods of endotracheal intubation should be available. One such technique is lightwand-guided endotracheal intubation. Use of the lightwand has a proven record of success and obviates the need for the heavier, more delicate, and more expensive flexible fiber-optic laryngoscope or pediatric bronchoscope. Two cases are reported in which pediatric patients with difficult airway anatomy due to severe burn scar contractures were successfully and easily intubated using the lightwand. This technique is useful for management of the difficult pediatric airway in the austere environment of the typical medical relief mission.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Iluminação
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Intubação Intratraqueal
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Anestesia
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Missões Médicas
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America central
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Anesth
Assunto da revista:
ANESTESIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos