Flexible fibreoptic intubation in swine - improvement for resident training and animal safety alike.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Efficient airway management to facilitate tracheal intubation encompasses essential skills in anaesthesiologic and intensive care. The application of flexible fibreoptic intubation in patients with difficult airways has been identified as the recommended method in various international guidelines. However, providing the opportunity to adequately train residents can be challenging. Using large animals for practice during ongoing studies could help to improve this situation, but there is no recent data on fibreoptic intubation in swine available.

Methods

Thirty male German landrace pigs were anesthetized, instrumented and randomized into two groups. The animals were either intubated conventionally using direct laryngoscopy or a single-use flexible video-endoscope. T

SUBMITTER: Ruemmler R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7430093 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature