Paediatric difficult airway management: Difference between revisions

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|‘Non-guided’ devices
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|Provide an indirect view of larynx but require direction
|Provide an indirect view of larynx but require direction of tracheal tube towards larynx.
of tracheal tube towards larynx.
|Bullard laryngoscope
|Bullard laryngoscope
Glidescope
Glidescope
Storz DCI Videolaryngoscope
Storz DCI Videolaryngoscope
Storz C-MAC laryngoscope
Storz C-MAC laryngoscope
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|Provide indirect view via rigid or semi-rigid stylet, with a ‘loaded’ tracheal tube for railroading.
|Provide indirect view via rigid or semi-rigid stylet, with a ‘loaded’ tracheal tube for railroading.
|Bonfils and Brambrink
|Bonfils and Brambrink
Shikani
Shikani
Lightwand
Lightwand
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Table 1. Classification of rigid indirect laryngoscopes
Classification
Description of technique
Examples
‘Non-guided’ devices Provide an indirect view of larynx but require direction
of tracheal tube towards larynx.
Bullard laryngoscope
Glidescope
Storz DCI Videolaryngoscope
Storz C-MAC laryngoscope
‘Guided’ devices Provide indirect view and act as a conduit for passage
of tracheal tube.
Airtraq
Optical stylets Provide indirect view via rigid or semi-rigid stylet, with
a ‘loaded’ tracheal tube for railroading.
Bonfils and Brambrink
Shikani
Lightwand


Alternate techniques
Alternate techniques