Videolaryngoscopy versus Fiber-optic Intubation through a Supraglottic Airway in Children with a Difficult Airway: An

Nicholas E Burjek1, Akira Nishisaki, John E Fiadjoe

  • 1From the Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois (N.E.B., N.J.); Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (A.N., J.E.F., K.N.P.); Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida (H.D.A.); Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio (V.T.R.); Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern and Children's Health System of Texas, Dallas, Texas (P.N.O.); and Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children's Hospital of Boston, Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts (P.G.K.). Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Children's Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Texas Southwestern and Children's Health System of Texas, Dallas, Texas Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee Department of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology, University of Michigan Health Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado Department of Anesthesiology, Children's Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado Department of Anesthesiology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, Children's Hospital of Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Australia Department of Anesthesiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico Department of Anesthesiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York Dep.artment of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Dep.artment of Anesthesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota Department of Anesthesiology, National Institute of Pediatrics, Mexico City, Mexico Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California Department of Anesthesiology, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children's Hospital of Boston, Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Children's Hospital of Boston, Harvard School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.

Anesthesiology
|June 27, 2017
PubMed
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