Advanced airway adjuncts
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Airway Adjunct | Pros | Cons |
Endotracheal tube introducer (e.g. gum elastic bougie) |
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Lighted optical stylets |
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Supraglottic airway (e.g. LMA) | ||
Combitube (i.e. esoph obturator) |
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Large size predisposes to esophogeal dilatation and laceration as a complication |
Percutaneous transtracheal ventilation |
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See Also
Airway Pages
- Pre-intubation
- Induction
- Intubation
- Surgical airways
- Post-intubation
- ↑ Driver, B. E., Prekker, M. E., Klein, L. R., Reardon, R. F., Miner, J. R., Fagerstrom, E. T., … Cole, J. B. (2018). Effect of Use of a Bougie vs Endotracheal Tube and Stylet on First-Attempt Intubation Success Among Patients With Difficult Airways Undergoing Emergency Intubation: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 319(21), 2179–2189.