Awake flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope aided intubation (AFOBI) has revolutionized the ability of the anesthesia provider to safely care for difficult airway management and help prevent associated adverse side effects while dealing with a difficult airway like arterial hypoxemia, hypoventilation, aspiration. The flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) is presently a critical tool available in sc...

Intubating patients with a huge, fixed supraglottic mass causing an obstruction of the glottis is difficult to most anesthesiologists. We attempted awake fiberoptic orotracheal intubation assisted by Glidescope® Videolaryngoscope (GVL) following topical anesthesia with 4% lidocaine spray and remifentanil infusion. The glottis could not be identified by the GVL view. However, by entering toward ...

We present a new strategy method of combining use of Airtraq(®) and fiberoptic bronchoscope (FOB) for tracheal intubation in 3-year-old child with Pierre-Robin sequence.

Endotracheal intubation is a procedure whereby a tube is inserted into the trachea to warrant and maintain adequate ventilation with good respiratory gas exchange in patients who undergo anesthesia for surgery or require invasive mechanical ventilation.Since 1967 the flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope was considered as an advanced device to intubate patients with difficult airway having surgery,“...

The use of the fiberoptic bronchoscope as a drainage procedure for lung abscess has become more and more widespread. We have recently adopted the technique of inserting a simple polyethylene catheter through the flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope into the abscess cavity of 11 patients with lung abscess. All cases had not responded to aggressive postural drainage and adequate antibiotic therapy fo...

A 16-year-old with clinical features of atypical asthma is presented, with a description of the workup leading to the diagnosis of an intratracheal mass. The mass was visualized with a flexible fiberoptic bronchoscope, then surgically removed through a rigid bronchoscope using a CO2 laser. We believe this is the first report of resection using this technique. A discussion of tracheal neurilemmo...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy is normally a bronchoscope-guided procedure. The insertion of a bronchoscope into an endotracheal tube (ETT) affects resistance, flow, and alveolar pressure. To improve airway management and ventilation during percutaneous tracheostomy, we developed a double lumen endotracheal tube (DLET). The aim of this in vitro study was to compare the linear c...

OBJECTIVE The aim was to compare the hemodynamic parameters, intubation times, upper airway trauma and postoperative sore throat scores of the patients with normal airway anatomy, intubated with the Airtraq, Macintosh laryngoscope and fiberoptic bronchoscope, by experienced anesthesiologists. METHODS Ninety patients, scheduled to undergo elective surgery under general anesthesia were randomly...

BACKGROUND: Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy is normally a bronchoscope-guided procedure. The insertion of a bronchoscope into an endotracheal tube (ETT) affects resistance, flow, and alveolar pressure. To improve airway management and ventilation during percutaneous tracheostomy, we developed a double lumen endotracheal tube (DLET). The aim of this in vitro study was to compare the linear ...

Introduction. Indirect video laryngoscopes are altering the landscape of airway management. The primary aim of this prospective randomized patient simulator analysis was to objectively compare video laryngoscopes to standard airway management techniques in novice users. Methods. "First year medical students were exposed to high-fidelity simulated normal and difficult airway scenarios while usin...