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Revista de la Asociación Médica del Centro Médico ABC

2018, Number 3

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An Med Asoc Med Hosp ABC 2018; 63 (3)

High-flow oxygen through nasal cannula in the management of difficult airway

Benatar-Puente F, Chávez-Ramírez MA, Ortega-Ponce FEE, Galaviz-Oñate D

Language: Spanish
References: 20
Page: 194-198
PDF size: 227.88 Kb.


ABSTRACT

The gold standard for managing the predicted difficult airway is the use of a fiberoptic device; nevertheless, it is a procedure that is not exempt of presenting episodes of desaturation. We report a case in which we used a high-flow nasal cannula device to increase and maintain the oxaemia in a patient with a known difficult airway to be intubated awake with a fiberoptic bronchoscope. The patient was intubated successfully with the technique described and the airway was secured without complications. The high-flow nasal cannula is a very useful resource to increase the patient’s safety while carrying out fiberoptic intubations in patients with known or suspected difficult airways. We were able to give a conscious sedation to the patient without complications.


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