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Management of the difficult airway in children

Robert W M Walker FRCA  

Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, Pendlebury, Manchester M27 4HA, UK

View larger version (107K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. Fibreoptic bronchoscopes used in paediatric anaesthetic practice. The larger scope is the Olympus LF2 and is placed beside a 4.5 endotracheal tube. The thinner scope is the Olympus LF-P and is placed beside a size 2.5 tube

 

View larger version (117K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. ‘Telescoping’ of the endotracheal tubes over the fibreoptic bronchoscope through the laryngeal mask airway

 

View larger version (72K): [in a new window]   Figure 3. Guidewire technique. An extra long J-tipped guidewire is emerging through the suction channel of the fibrescope, which in turn has been guided through the laryngeal mask airway into the trachea

 

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