Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2155-6148
+44 1223 790975
Huafeng Wei
M.D., Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care,
School of Medicine, 305 John Morgan Building, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tanzania
Case Report
Supraglottic Jet Ventilation Assists Intubation in a Patient with Difficult Airway Due to Unrecognizable Supraglottic Structures
Author(s): J Andrew Dziewit and Huafeng WeiJ Andrew Dziewit and Huafeng Wei
A 37-year-old woman with history of dysphagia underwent an elective surgery for cervical lymph node excision. After anesthesia induction and muscle relaxation, mask ventilation was moderately difficult and direct laryngoscopy showed an extremely swollen and deformed epiglottis and throat, with no clear view of the vocal cords. Utilizing supraglottic jet ventilation, we intubated this patient quickly, smoothly and successfully, without any obvious complications.
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DOI:
10.4172/2155-6148.1000141