Flexible bronchoscopy with etiological diagnosis and treatment of difficult airway in pediatric intensive care unit / 中国小儿急救医学

ABSTRACT

Difficult airway is a common condition in the pediatric intensive care unit, which causes great difficulty in endotracheal intubation.Flexible bronchoscopy plays an important role in the evaluation of difficult airway and assists in endotracheal intubation, which has obvious advantages in endotracheal intubation for children with difficult airway.This study discussed the etiological diagnosis and treatment of difficult airway in pediatric intensive care unit and the procedure of endotracheal intubation assisted with flexible bronchoscopy.