Professional paper

Difficult airway management in the emergency room using an airway scope

MASATOMO KITAMURA ; Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Shinshu University Hospital, 3-1-1, Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-0802, Japan
HIROSHI DOHGOMORI ; Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Shinshu University Hospital, 3-1-1, Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-0802, Japan
KAZUFUMI OKAMOTO ; Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, Shinshu University Hospital, 3-1-1, Asahi, Matsumoto, 390-0802, Japan

Abstract

In the emergency room, some cases need adequate airway management. We present a patient whom we intubated using a new device. This device might be an option in airway management but some considerations should also be taken into account.

Keywords

airway management; scope; secretions; bleeding

Hrčak ID:

22529

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/22529

Publication date:

1.4.2008.

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