the Y and X shows successful intubation on the first attempt, which is the primary outcome. The X axis shows the operators total prior intubation experience, with the histogram showing the number of trial intubations at that level of intubator experience. As you can see, the bougie and styl...
E. Use of a Gum Elastic Bougie or Mizus Endotracheal Tube Replacement Obturator Finucane and Kupshik described an awake, blind nasal intubation in a patient with cervical instability, but the cuff became damaged, requiring a tube exchange.320 They used the 63-cm-long, 4-mm-OD plastic sleeve...
If standard laryngoscopy-assisted intubation was difficult or impossible, a standardized procedure was recommended, including bougie placement, laryngeal mask airway, and video-assisted laryngoscopy, in agreement with French consensus guidelines on difficult airway management.17 In instances where the primary...
Keep a “difficult airway cart” at the bedside so you don’t waste time when problems occur. That cart should contain several sizes and types of blades, a video laryngoscope, a gum elastic bougie, a laryngeal airway, a fiber optic bronchoscope, and a cricothyroidotomy kit. Kno...
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