Dexheimer Neto Felippe Leopoldo, Andrade Juliana Mara Stormovski de, Raupp Ana Carolina Tabajara, Townsend Raquel da Silva, Neres Fernanda Santos, Cremonese Rafael Viegas
Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Adulto, Hospital Ernesto Dornelles, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Adulto, Hospital Ernesto Dornelles, Porto Alegre, RS, Brasil.
Rev Bras Anestesiol. 2016 Mar-Apr;66(2):204-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bjan.2013.06.021. Epub 2014 Mar 6.
The incidence of difficult airway reaches 10% of emergency intubations. Although few studies address the use of handmade introducer guides in emergency and intensive care environment, there are descriptions of handmade guides available on the Internet. We describe a case series on the use of a handmade introducer guide (bougie) for emergency intubation in patients with difficult airway.
The handmade introducer guide was used in five consecutive patients with difficult airways, and clinical instability and in the absence of another immediate method to obtain an airway. This technique provided successful intubation and there were no complications.
The use of the handmade introducer guide can be a useful option for the management of difficult airways.
