Citation

Van Zundert A, Stessel B, De Ruiter F, Giebelen D, Weber E. Acta Anaesthesiol. Belg. 2007; 58(2): 129-131.

Affiliation

Catharina Hospital, Dept of Anesthesiology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. zundert@iae.nl

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Acta Medica Belgica)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17710902

Abstract

The difficult airway is the single most important cause of anaesthesia-related morbidity and mortality and most catastrophes are due to unexpected difficulty, which are more likely in emergencies. We report a difficult airway scenario in a patient with a high energetic trauma and used several techniques for the "can't intubate, can't ventilate scenario". Eventually, successful intubation was obtained with the video-assisted laryngoscope.

Language: en