Comparison between tracheal tubes for orotracheal fibreoptic intubation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 135-136

  Hakala, P ^a   Randell, T ^a   Valli, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Equipment, tubes tracheal; Intubation tracheal; Intubation tracheal, technique

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS INTUBATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGOSCOPY; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0032948475     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/82.1.135     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Brull SJ, Wiklund R, Ferris C, et al. Facilitation of fiberoptic orotracheal intubation with a flexible tracheal tube. Anesth Analg 1994; 78: 746-8
2. Ovassapian A. Fiberoptic tracheal intubation in adults. In: Ovassapian A. Fiberoptic Endoscopy and the Difficult Airway. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven Publishers 1996; 71-103
3. Schwartz D, Johnson C, Roberts J. A maneuver to faciliate flexible fiberoptic intubation. Anesthesiology 1989; 71: 470-1
4. Marsh N. Easier fiberoptic intubations. Anesthesiology 1992; 76: 861
5. Katsnelson T, Frost E, Farcon E, Goldiner P. When the endotracheal tube will not pass over the flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope. Anesthesiology 1992; 76: 151-2
6. Hakala P, Randell T. Comparison between two fibrescopes with different diameter insertion cords for fibreoptic intubation. Anaesthesia 1995; 50: 735-7
7. Randell T, Valli H, Hakala P. Comparison between the Ovassapian intubating airway and the Berman incubating airway in fibreoptic intubation. Eur J Anaesthesiol 1997; 14: 380-3
8. Koga K, Asai T, Latto P, Vaughan RS. Effect of the size of a tracheal tube and efficacy of the use of the laryngeal for fibrescope-aided tracheal intubation. Anaesthesia 1997; 52: 131-5
9. Jones HE, Pearce AC, Moore P. Fibreoptic intubation. Influence of the tracheal tube design. Anaesthesia 1993; 48: 672-4
10. Mallampati SR, Gatt SP, Gugino LD, et al. A clinical sign to predict difficult tracheal intubation: a prospective study. Can Anaesth Soc J 1985, 32: 429-34
11. Randell T, Hakala P, Kyttä J, Kinnunen J. The relevance of clinical and radiological measurements in predicting difficulties in fibreoptic orotracheal intubation in adults. Anaesthesia 1998 (in press)