Difficult mask ventilation: simple step to make the impossible, possible

Abstract Mask ventilation is one of the most important skills in airway management. Difficulty in mask ventilation can become life threatening if it is associated with difficulty in intubation during general anesthesia. We report a potential impossible ventilation condition which was safely and easi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of clinical anesthesia 2016-11, Vol.34, p.612-614
Hauptverfasser:	Chong, Soon Eu, MD, MMed, Mohammad Zaini, Rhendra Hardy, MD, MMed, Wan Mohd Rubi, Ikhwan, MD, Lim, Jo Anne, MD, DDERM
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Airway management Anesthesia & Perioperative Care Anesthesia, General Bronchoscopy Carcinoma, Basal Cell - complications Difficult airway Difficult ventilation Endoscopy Face - diagnostic imaging Female Fiberoptic intubation General anesthesia Goiter, Nodular - complications Goiter, Nodular - surgery Humans Intubation Laryngeal Masks Ostomy Pain Medicine Respiration, Artificial - instrumentation Respiration, Artificial - methods Skin Neoplasms - complications Thyroid gland Thyroidectomy Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tracheostomy Ulcers
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract Mask ventilation is one of the most important skills in airway management. Difficulty in mask ventilation can become life threatening if it is associated with difficulty in intubation during general anesthesia. We report a potential impossible ventilation condition which was safely and easily overcome with appropriate innovative modification of an Opsite adhesive film.
ISSN:	0952-8180 1873-4529
DOI:	10.1016/j.jclinane.2016.06.035