Shetty, Nanda and Krishna, Rohith and Sayeed, Tajammul (2013) Use of Airtraq as a Rescue Device in Intensive Care Unit. Indian Journal of Respiratory Care , 2 (1). pp. 244-246.

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Abstract

Inability to secure an airway in a hypoxic patient is a nightmare for every anaesthesiologist. The challenge doubles when such situations occur outside the operating room. Many new airway devices have been designed to overcome this difficulty. Airtraq is a videolaryngoscope which has been successfully used in the operating room as a rescue device during difficult laryngoscopy. We describe two such scenarios where Airtraq was used successfully to secure the airway in patients with poor or no glottic view on direct laryngoscopy.

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