Use of a homemade introducer guide (bougie) for intubation in emergency situation in patients who present with difficult airway: a case series
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- 作者：Felippe Leopoldo Dexheimer Neto ; fldneto@me.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; fldneto@tj.rs.gov.br" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Juliana Mara Stormovski de Andrade ; Ana Carolina Tabajara Raupp ; Raquel da Silva Townsend ; Fernanda Santos Neres ; Rafael Viegas Cremonese
- 关键词：Endotracheal intubation ; Airway management ; Emergencies
- 刊名：Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology (English Edition)
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：March-April 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：66
- 期：2
- 页码：204-207
- 全文大小：622 K
文摘
The incidence of difficult airway reaches 10% of emergency intubations. Although few studies address the use of handmade introducer guides in emergency and intensive care environment, there are descriptions of handmade guides available on the Internet. We describe a case series on the use of a handmade introducer guide (bougie) for emergency intubation in patients with difficult airway.
bsSec_2">Case report
The handmade introducer guide was used in five consecutive patients with difficult airways, and clinical instability and in the absence of another immediate method to obtain an airway. This technique provided successful intubation and there were no complications.
bsSec_3">Conclusions
The use of the handmade introducer guide can be a useful option for the management of difficult airways.