Open AccessIntubation of patients with angioedema: A retrospective study of different methods over three year period
Author(s) -
Aaron R. Wood,
Dominik Choromanski,
Marc Orlewicz
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/2229-5151.114267
Subject(s) - medicine , intubation , angioedema , anesthesia , retrospective cohort study , airway , tracheal intubation , surgery , edema , extravasation , immunology
Angioedema (AE) is edema of the skin, subcutaneous tissue and/or submucosal tissues, resulting from extravasation of intravascular fluid. Swelling of the supraglottic mucosa can lead to airway obstruction with consequent hypoxia, brain damage and death. To date, fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) intubation of the spontaneously breathing patient is the preferred method for an anticipated difficult intubation. However, other alternative devices can be utilized to intubate angioedema successfully.