A Comparison Between Using Video Stylet and Video Laryngoscope in Difficult Intubation of Traumatic Patients .

Launched by ASSIUT UNIVERSITY · Nov 20, 2021

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The airway, breathing and circulation support '' ABCs" of trauma resuscitation were born from the assumption that correcting hypoxemia and hypotension reduces morbidity and mortality. Definitive care for severely injured or polytrauma patients includes the ability to provide advanced airway management in a variety of settings: in the emergency department, 20% to 30% intubations are for trauma. Airway management in traumatic patient presents numerous unique challenges beyond placement of an endotracheal tube, without comes dependent on the provider's ability to predict and anticipate difficu...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Any patient in the age group of (5 - 80) and has
• • Suspected difficult intubation.
• • High mallampati score (class 111, 1V).
• • Suspected cervical fracture.
• • Maxillofacial trauma.
• • Fracture base of the skull.
• • Polytrauma.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Patients with low mallampati score (class 1, 11).
• • Patients undergoing elective surgeries and not suspected to have difficult intubations.
• • Patients aged below 5 years and above 80 years.