Open AccessMaking endotracheal intubation easy and successful, particularly in unexpected difficult airway
Author(s) -
Susanne Abdulla,
Sina Abdulla,
Karl-Peter Schwemm,
Regina Eckhardt,
Walied Abdulla
Publication year - 2014
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 - 10.4103/2229-5151.128009
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngoscopy , intubation , throat , larynx , observational study , intensive care unit , emergency department , airway , tracheal intubation , tracheal tube , airway management , anesthesia , surgery , retrospective cohort study , nose , endoscope , intensive care medicine , nursing
Difficult intubation, most often due to poor view of the vocal cords on laryngoscopy is an intermittent and often challenging problem for clinically practicing anesthesiologists, maxillofacial surgeons, ear nose, and throat (ENT), emergency, and critical care physicians.