[Nasotracheal intubation using a fiberscope with a 32Fr blue line endobroncheal tube in a patient with micrognathism].
Masui
; 60(4): 458-60, 2011 Apr.
Article
in Ja
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-21520595
ABSTRACT
A 61-year-old woman with pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis was scheduled for video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for partial resection of the lung. The patient had micrognathism and a recent history of difficult airway management [difficult mask ventilation and intubation (Cormak grade III)]. On induction, mask ventilation was accomplished with the use of nasal airway. We initially inserted Airtraq laryngoscope and gained a view of Cormak grade III. Therefore, a 32 Fr left-sided Blue Line endobroncheal tube was nasotracheally intubated using a fiberscope (3.1-mm diameter). Nasotracheal intubation with a 32F Blue Line endobroncheal tube can be a choice for patients with difficult airway when one lung ventilation is required.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Intubation, Intratracheal
/
Micrognathism
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Middle aged
Language:
Ja
Journal:
Masui
Year:
2011
Document type:
Article