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
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Publication date:
1.4.2008.
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