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A technique for maintenance of airway access in infants with a difficult airway following tracheal extubation
Author(s) -
Hammer Gregory B.,
Funck Natasha,
Rosenthal David N.,
Feinstein Jeffrey A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00729.x
Subject(s) - medicine , airway , tracheal intubation , intensive care medicine , airway management , intensive care , intubation , anesthesia
Tracheal extubation of patients with a difficult airway represents a challenge to anaesthesiologists and intensive care physicians. While a variety of techniques designed to maintain access to the airway in case of the need for tracheal reintubation have been described in adults, no reports have been published in infants and young children. We describe an approach to this issue in a young child with severe micrognathia.