Giudice J C, Komansky H, Gordon R, Kaufman J L
Crit Care Med. 1981 Dec;9(12):878-9. doi: 10.1097/00003246-198112000-00016.
Twenty-two patients were referred over a 3-year period for endoscopic evaluation of the upper airways. The diagnosis of acute upper airway obstruction was suspected from clinical means, and 8 of the 22 did prove to have critical encroachment of the upper airways requiring tube passage for stabilization. This technique utilizing the fiberoptic bronchoscope for diagnosis and tube placement represents the approach of choice in the adult population with acute upper airway obstruction.
在3年期间,有22名患者被转诊接受上呼吸道内镜评估。通过临床手段怀疑为急性上呼吸道梗阻,22名患者中有8名确实被证实存在上呼吸道严重受压,需要插入气管导管以稳定病情。这种利用纤维支气管镜进行诊断和放置气管导管的技术是成年急性上呼吸道梗阻患者的首选方法。