TRANSILLUMINATED TRACHEAL INTUBATION

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 May 1989 English Publisher:Elsevier BVJournal:British Journal of Anaesthesia, volume 62, pages 494-497 (issn: 0007-0912,

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Authors: Q P, Ainsworth; T H, Howells;

doi: 10.1093/bja/62.5.494

pmid: 2730820

TRANSILLUMINATED TRACHEAL INTUBATION

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Abstract

We evaluated the use of an inexpensive trans-illuminating light wand for tracheal intubation. Expertise in its use was acquired quickly, thereby providing successful per-oral intubation in all patients who were able to open the mouth, irrespective of the view obtained of the epiglottis and larynx.

Related Organizations

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
United Kingdom
The Royal Free Hospital
United Kingdom

Keywords

Laryngoscopy, Transillumination, Intubation, Intratracheal, Humans, Larynx, Epiglottis

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