Open AccessAssessment of awake i-gel™ insertion for fiberoptic-guided intubation in patients with predicted difficult airway: A prospective, observational study
Author(s) -
Julian Arevalo Ludena,
Jacqueline Bellas,
Rafael Alvarez Rementeria,
Luis Alameda
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of anaesthesiology-clinical pharmacology/journal of anaesthesiology clinical pharmacology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 2231-2730
pISSN - 0970-9185
DOI - 10.4103/joacp.joacp_329_15
Subject(s) - medicine , capnography , anesthesia , airway , intubation , sedation , laryngeal masks , airway management , pulse oximetry , insertion time , ventilation (architecture) , surgery , laryngeal mask airway , mechanical engineering , engineering
Orotracheal intubation (OTI) with fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) in spontaneous ventilation is one of the main techniques for patients with predicted difficult airway. Latest generation supraglottic airway devices have been designed to allow OTI through them. We assessed the safety and effectiveness of FOB-guided OTI through i-gel™ device which was inserted in spontaneously breathing patients with predicted difficult airway.