Use of a homemade introducer guide (bougie) for intubation in emergency situation in patients who present with difficult airway: a case series

Background and objectives: The incidence of difficult airway reaches 10% of emergency intubations. Although few studies address the use of handmade introducer guides in emergency and intensive care environment, there are descriptions of handmade guides available on the Internet. We describe a case s...

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Main Authors: Felippe Leopoldo Dexheimer Neto, Juliana Mara Stormovski de Andrade, Ana Carolina Tabajara Raupp, Raquel da Silva Townsend, Fernanda Santos Neres, Rafael Viegas Cremonese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001414000293