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Ali S, Rashid H, Siddiqui OA, Athar M. Airway Adventures of Airtraq: Use of Airtraq Optical Laryngoscope with Adaptor in Infants with Obstructive Hydrocephalus Posted for Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy. JOURNAL OF NEUROANAESTHESIOLOGY AND CRITICAL CARE 2021. [DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1701800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
Abstract
AbstractThe pediatric airway is a challenge for the anesthetist due to difficulty in adequate assessment, scarcity of management algorithms, lack of precise knowledge regarding incidence, as well as limitations of the various devices, instruments, and video laryngoscopes. We present a case series of infants with obstructive hydrocephalus with anticipated difficult intubation posted for endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) in whom the airway wtas successfully secured using Airtraq optical laryngoscope with adaptor. Although this device has not been widely studied in pediatrics age group, there are different sizes available for use among children. The ease of use, short learning curve, low cost, single use, and successful approach to difficult airway have made it to being the main rescue technique when the initial approach has failed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Shahna Ali
- Department of Anaesthesiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Anaesthesiology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College and Hospital, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Airtraq in difficult paediatric airway. COLOMBIAN JOURNAL OF ANESTHESIOLOGY 2018. [DOI: 10.1097/cj9.0000000000000031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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