An Unanticipated Airway Finding After Orotracheal Intubation With a GlideScope Videolaryngoscope

J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2019 Mar;33(3):873-875. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.08.015. Epub 2018 Aug 11.

Authors

Paul S Pagel¹, Marc A Chapel², Alexander R Georgeson², Elizabeth A Traudt³, Ryan E Little⁴, Todd A Loehrl⁴, Lewis B Somberg³

Affiliations

¹ Anesthesia Service, Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI. Electronic address: pspagel@mcw.edu.
² Anesthesia Service, Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
³ Surgery Service, Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.
⁴ Otolaryngology Service, Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI.

PMID: 30213637
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2018.08.015

No abstract available

Keywords: GlideScope; complications; endotracheal intubation; injury; laryngoscopy; soft palate; videolaryngoscope.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Airway Management / methods*
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal / adverse effects*
Intubation, Intratracheal / trends
Laryngoscopes / adverse effects*
Laryngoscopes / trends
Laryngoscopy / adverse effects*
Laryngoscopy / trends
Male
Middle Aged
Palate, Soft / diagnostic imaging
Palate, Soft / injuries*
Video-Assisted Surgery / adverse effects*