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Airway Management Using McGrath MAC Videolaryngoscope in a Patient with Predicted Difficult Airway


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1 Department of Anesthesia, Sri Siddhartha Medical College and Hospital, Sri Siddhartha University, Tumkur, Karnataka, India
 

Difficult airway may be defined as a situation in which conventionally trained anesthetist has a difficulty in either mask ventilation, or endotracheal intubation, or both. Several management tools are available of difficult airway and one such tool is a videolaryngoscope. We are presenting a case report demonstrating the use of McGrath MAC videolaryngoscope in a patient with long standing neck swelling and restricted neck extension.

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Predicted difficult airway, endotracheal intubation, video laryngoscope
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N. Rekha
Department of Anesthesia, Sri Siddhartha Medical College and Hospital, Sri Siddhartha University, Tumkur, Karnataka, India

Abstract


Difficult airway may be defined as a situation in which conventionally trained anesthetist has a difficulty in either mask ventilation, or endotracheal intubation, or both. Several management tools are available of difficult airway and one such tool is a videolaryngoscope. We are presenting a case report demonstrating the use of McGrath MAC videolaryngoscope in a patient with long standing neck swelling and restricted neck extension.

Keywords


Predicted difficult airway, endotracheal intubation, video laryngoscope