| Title | Use of a new supraglottic airway device--the CobraPLA--in a 'difficult to intubate/difficult to ventilate' scenario. | | Author(s) | Szmuk P, Ezri T, Akça O, Alfery DD | | Institution | Department of Anesthesiology, UT Medical School at Houston, TX 77030, USA. Peter.Szmuk@uth.tmc.edu | | Source | Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2005 Mar; 49(3):421-3. | | MeSH | Aged
Airway Obstruction
Bronchoscopy
Equipment Design
Fiber Optics
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal
Laryngeal Masks
Male
| | Abstract | A 67-year-old male was scheduled for cadaveric renal transplant. Following rapid sequence anaesthesia, only the tip of the epiglottis was visualized. Mask ventilation was difficult, and therefore an alternative airway device was considered. A size 4 CobraPLA (Engineered Medical System, Indianapolis, IN) was inserted into the hypopharynx, and ventilation was easily accomplished. Then, a size 7 endotracheal tube was threaded over a fiberoptic bronchoscope, through the CobraPLA, into the trachea. The description and insertion technique of the CobraPLA, a new supraglottic airway device is shortly discussed. This is the first report of successful management of difficult mask ventilation with the new CobraPLA, supraglottic airway device. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 15752414 |
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