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ArticleBMJ case reports2021

Combined use of a Total Control Introducer and a hyperangulated video laryngoscope to place a left-sided double lumen endotracheal tube in a patient with a history of difficult laryngoscopy.

Jacob E Pollard, D Warner Smith, David E Morgan, John D Skaggs

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jacob E PollardAnesthesiology, University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Jacob.Pollard@hsc.utah.edu.
D Warner SmithAnesthesiology, University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
David E MorganAnesthesiology, University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
John D SkaggsAnesthesiology, University of Utah Health Hospitals and Clinics, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
University of Utah Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We describe the use of a Total Control Introducer (TCI) in combination with video laryngoscopy (VL) to place a left-sided double-lumen endotracheal tube (DLT) in a patient with a history of difficult laryngoscopy undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). VL was used to obtain visualisation of the glottis and a TCI articulating introducer was used to dynamically navigate the airway and access the trachea. A 39 French DLT was subsequently passed over the TCI shaft and into the trachea under indirect visualisation. The TCI shaft was removed and the DLT was gently guided into the left main bronchus. Successful endobronchial intubation was confirmed with capnography, auscultation and fibreoptic bronchoscopy. We propose that the combined use of VL and a TCI can facilitate placement of a DLT in a patient with a known difficult airway who may otherwise be limited to a bronchial blocker placement for lung isolation during VATS.

Indexed as

LaryngoscopesLaryngoscopyBronchiBronchoscopyHumansIntubation, Intratrachealanaesthesiaemergency medicineintensive caremechanical ventilation

Identifiers

PMID34625438
PMCPMC8504176
OpenAlexW3203413019

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