학술논문

A new low-cost method for difficult airway management in non-missile-penetrating cervical spine injury.
Document Type
Article
Source
Indian Journal of Anaesthesia. Mar/Apr2012, Vol. 56 Issue 2, p162-164. 3p. 1 Color Photograph.
Subject
*AIRWAY (Anatomy)
*CERVICAL vertebrae injuries
*ANESTHESIOLOGISTS
*SCREWDRIVERS
*OPERATING room personnel
*ANESTHESIA
Language
ISSN
0019-5049
Abstract
Accessing and maintaining the airway in penetrating cervical spine injury is a challenge for anaesthetists globally. This is more so in resource-poor settings, where advanced techniques for intubation in difficult airway situations are unavailable. We describe a new, low-cost, easily adaptable method of managing the airway used in a middle-aged man who sustained screw driver injury to the cervical spine with C4 Brown-Séquard syndrome. The deployment of readily available and cheap materials led to successful anaesthesia management of the patient. INSET: Announcement. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]