Ultrasound-Guided Glossopharyngeal Nerve Block for an Awake Intubation in a Patient Predicted to Have a Difficult Airway: A Case Report
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DOI: 10.1213/xaa.0000000000001682
Abstract: A peripheral nerve block may be used to improve patient tolerance of awake intubation. During an awake intubation, the glossopharyngeal, superior laryngeal, and recurrent laryngeal nerves can mediate discomfort, pain, cough, glottic closure, and gag… read more here.
Keywords: nerve; glossopharyngeal nerve; awake intubation; nerve block ... See more keywords
Difficult Airway Society awake intubation guidelines: supraglottic airway-guided flexible bronchoscopic intubation as an alternative
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DOI: 10.4097/kja.20174
Abstract: been published [1]. We agree that the use of supraglottic airway devices (SADs) as a conduit for awake tracheal intubation warrants future investigation. We recently reported a case series of awake supraglottic airway-guided flexible bronchoscopic… read more here.
Keywords: supraglottic airway; insertion; awake intubation; intubation ... See more keywords