| Lightwand: a useful aid in faciomaxillary trauma. | |
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PMID: 21249400 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Airway management in patients of faciomaxillary injury is of great concern to the anesthesiologist. Bag and mask ventilation and orotracheal intubation may be difficult with these patients. Recently, a middle aged, obese female presented in the emergency department after sustaining a blast injury, with laceration of the upper chest and left submandibular region. Laceration of the submandibular region was communicating with the intraoral space and the airway was filled with blood. The airway was secured with nasotracheal intubation aided by a lightwand, after failure with the Macintosh laryngoscope. This case report highlights the importance of the lightwand in intubating a patient with a bleeding airway and when the bright light glow of the lightwand gives sufficient direction toward the glottis for successful tracheal intubation. |
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Shruti Jain; Umesh Bhadani |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-1-20 |
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Title: Journal of anesthesia Volume: - ISSN: 1438-8359 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Jan |
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Created Date: 2011-1-20 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8905667 Medline TA: J Anesth Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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Department of Anaesthesia, School of Medical Science and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, vineet.ortho@gmail.com. |
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