Use of Video Laryngoscope in Sedated Spontaneously Breathing Patients with Predicted Difficult Tracheal Intubation and Impossibility of Using Fibreoptic Bronchoscopy

Intubation with a flexible fibrobronchoscope in an awake patient is frequently considered the technique of choice in patients with predicted difficult intubation. There are, however, situations in which the use of the fibrobronchoscope is not applicable, particularly due to problems attributable to...

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Main Authors: Alba Piroli, Ida Marsili, Franco Marinangeli, Silvia Costanzi, Luca Gentili, Antonella Paladini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5524240