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CORREA PADILLA, Jorge Miguel; LOPEZ CRUZ, Omar  y  RUIZ GORRIN, Maikel Daniel. Use of the Airtraq laryngoscope: an option for the difficult airway. Rev cuba anestesiol reanim [online]. 2011, vol.10, n.2, pp. 113-121. ISSN 1726-6718.

Backgrounds: One of the main responsibilities of the anesthesiologist is to establish and to maintain a permeable airway in any clinical situation entailing its involvement. Objective: To assess and to compare the efficacy and safety of endotracheal tube and the use of Airtraq in the approach of a difficult airway. Material and Methods: A randomized, comparative and prospective study was conducted between July, 2008 and August, 2010 in patients aged over 18 with a probable difficult airway, operated on using orotracheal general anesthesia in CIMEQ, who were divided into two groups of 25 patients each. In A group we used Airtraq and in M group we used the Macintosh laryngoscope. Results: Intubation time in the A group was less than in the M group (18.8 ± 6.5 sec) versus (35.9 ± 20.6 sec). The success rate was of 100% in the A group versus 68 % in the M one. There were less complications in the A group (4%) versus 32% in the M group. Values of mean arterial pressure and the heart rate during intubation and at three minutes after it were less in the A group, with statistically significant differences. Conclusions: Airtraq is safe and effective in the approach of above mentioned difficult airway.

Palabras clave : Airtraq; difficult airway; orotracheal general anesthesia.

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