TRANSLARYNGEAL GUIDED INTUBATION IN AN UNCOOPERATIVE PATIENT WITH MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY - CASE-REPORT

Authors
KING HK HUNTINGTON C WOOTEN DJ
Citation
Hk. King et al., TRANSLARYNGEAL GUIDED INTUBATION IN AN UNCOOPERATIVE PATIENT WITH MAXILLOFACIAL INJURY - CASE-REPORT, The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care, 36(6), 1994, pp. 885-886
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care
Journal title
The journal of trauma, injury, infection, and critical care → ACNP
Volume
36
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
885 - 886
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Maxillofacial injuries can produce a wide variety of airway problems. We report the case of a difficult airway situation in an intoxicated a nd combative patient with maxillofacial injury, for which we resorted to awake translaryngeal guided intubation (TLI).