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Use of a guide wire and a ureteral dilator as an aid to awake fibreoptic intubation
Author(s) -
TELFORD R. J.,
SEARLE J. F.,
BOADEN R. W.,
BAIER F.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb04399.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dilator , endoscope , tube (container) , intubation , surgery , tracheal tube , anesthesia , mechanical engineering , engineering
Summary We describe the successful use of a guide wire and ureteral dilator to pass a tracheal tube into the trachea through the mouth in an awake, sedated patient when attempts to pass a larger tube over an Olympus LFI fibreoptic bronchoscope were unsuccessful. Since the ureteral and renal dilators are available in a variety of sizes, if too large a tube is inadvertently mounted on the instrument this technique allows an appropriate sized tube to be inserted without the need to re‐endoscope the patient.