Open AccessTracheal Intubation Using Nelaton Catheter: A Simple Device, an Airway Rescue Option
Author(s) -
Parisa Sezari,
Fatemeh Safari,
Masoud Nashibi,
Kamran Mottaghi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
turkish journal of anaesthesiology and reanimation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2667-677X
pISSN - 2667-6370
DOI - 10.5152/tjar.2020.96777
Subject(s) - airway , airway management , medicine , rescue therapy , intubation , catheter , tracheal intubation , intensive care medicine , anesthesia , surgery
Although anticipated, difficult airway could turn into a catastrophe for health care providers, where planned strategies and equipment become useless. We report a challenging airway management process due to narrowed upper airway by the application of a Nelaton catheter as a rescue device.