Airway Adjuncts - 08/08/11
, Alan P. Marco, MD, MMM
Corresponding author.Abstract |
Airway management is an essential component of the emergency medicine skill set. Management of the difficult airway may include airway adjuncts, including variants of laryngoscopic blades, supraglottic devices, stylets, and video laryngoscopy. These various airway adjuncts have certain advantages and disadvantages, and factors to be considered include ease of use, cost, maintenance, storage, and portability. Selection of a subset of the numerous products available can aid the clinician in the development of expertise with airway adjunct devices that can be reliably used in urgent situations.
Il testo completo di questo articolo è disponibile in PDF.Keywords : Airway, Emergency airway management
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| This article describes multiple airway devices currently available. Discussion of these devices within classes requires the use of their respective proprietary names. However, the authors and publishers have made every effort to avoid bias in this manuscript and the use of proprietary names does not constitute endorsement of any specific product. |
Vol 26 - N° 4
P. 1015-1027 - novembre 2008 Ritorno al numero
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