Combined use of a McGrath(R) MAC video laryngoscope and Frova Intubating Introducer in a patient with Pierre Robin syndrome: a case report / 대한마취과학회지
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
;
: 310-313, 2014.
Article
in English
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| ID: wpr-20458
ABSTRACT
Patients with Pierre Robin syndrome are characterized by micrognathia, retrognathia, glossoptosis, and respiratory obstruction and are prone to have a difficult-to-intubate airway. The McGrath(R) MAC video laryngoscope provides a better view of the glottis than a Macintosh laryngoscope, but it is not easy to insert an endotracheal tube through the vocal cords because a video laryngoscope has a much greater curvature than that of a conventional direct laryngoscope and an endotracheal tube has a different curvature. The Frova Intubating Introducer is used as a railroad for an endotracheal tube in cases of a difficult airway. We thought that a combination of these two devices would make it easy to insert an endotracheal tube through the vocal cords, as a McGrath(R) MAC video laryngoscope provides a better glottic view and the Frova Intubating Introducer is a useful device for placing an endotracheal tube through the glottis. We report a successful endotracheal intubation with use of the McGrath(R) MAC video laryngoscope and Frova Intubating Introducer in a patient with Pierre Robin syndrome.
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Main subject:
Pierre Robin Syndrome
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Railroads
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Retrognathia
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Vocal Cords
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Laryngoscopes
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Airway Management
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Glottis
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Intubation
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Intubation, Intratracheal
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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