Difficult Airway for Patients Undergoing Spine Surgeries
INTRODUCTION The “cannot intubate, cannot ventilate” situation although rare is a nightmare for anesthesiologists. Difficult airway is defined as difficult facemask or supraglottic airway (SGA) ventilation, difficult SGA placement, laryngoscopy, tracheal intubation, or failed intubation. We presente...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Chinese medical journal 2016-03, Vol.129 (6), p.749-750 |
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Zusammenfassung: | INTRODUCTION
The “cannot intubate, cannot ventilate” situation although rare is a nightmare for anesthesiologists. Difficult airway is defined as difficult facemask or supraglottic airway (SGA) ventilation, difficult SGA placement, laryngoscopy, tracheal intubation, or failed intubation. We presented three cases of difficult airway and their airway management. |
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ISSN: | 0366-6999 2542-5641 |
DOI: | 10.4103/0366-6999.178033 |