Glossopharyngeal nerve blocks for awake laryngeal mask airway insertion in an infant with Pierre–Robin syndrome: can a Glidescope come to the rescue?
Glossopharyngeal nerve blocks for awake laryngeal mask airway insertion in an infant with Pierre–Robin syndrome: can a Glidescope come to the rescue?
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舌咽神经阻滞用于皮埃尔-罗宾综合征婴儿清醒喉罩气道插入:Glidescope 可以救援吗?
DOI:
10.1111/j.1460-9592.2008.02825.x
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发表时间:
2009
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S. Suresh
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作者:
N. Jagannathan;L. Sohn;S. Suresh
by postburn scar, micrognathia, tongue flap and tonsillar hypertrophy, this technique has the following advantages. First, it can be used in the awake or general anesthetized pediatric patients with difficult airways. For anesthetized children, however, we prefer to use the assembly with a closed-end multi-orifice epidural catheter in order to achieve an adequate airway topicalization because of multidirectional sprays of local anesthetic. Second, rigid fiberoptic stylet can create enough space in the oropharynx for the instrument by lifting the epiglottis and displacing the oral and pharyngeal soft tissues. Therefore, its tip may easily be aligned with the glottis. Third, the assembly tip is positioned above the laryngeal aperture and airway topicalization is completed using the epidural catheter under the fiberoptic view. Thus, it can reduce the stimuli to the airway and provide a precise administration of local anesthetic. By a ‘spray as you go’ technique resemble to that using the fiberoptic bronchoscope, moreover, topical anesthesia of the pharynx, larynx and trachea can be in order performed using the assembly with an end hole epidural catheter. Fu Shan Xue* Nong He† Mao Ping Luo* Xu Liao* *Department of Anesthesiology, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China †Department of Anesthesiology, Peking University Shougang Hospital, Beijing, China (email: fruitxue@yahoo.com.cn)