Abstract
The Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology is the official journal of the College of Anaesthesiologists of Sri Lanka. It publishes clinical investigations, research articles, audits, case reports, review articles and CME articles relating to anaesthesiology, critical care and pain. It is published bi annually in January and June. Sri Lankan Journal of Anaesthesiology is included on DOAJ and Scopus.
Highlights
Airtraq [Prodol Meditec S.A., Las Arenas (Vizcaya), Spain] is an indirect laryngoscope that has been developed to facilitate tracheal intubation
During the study period of one year fourteen patients had difficult/failed intubation with Macintosh laryngoscope and Airtraq was used as an alternative rescue airway device in these patients
Restricted neck extension and modified Mallampati class 3 or 4 were the difficult airway predictors observed in these patients where Airtraq was found to be useful
Summary
Airtraq [Prodol Meditec S.A., Las Arenas (Vizcaya), Spain] is an indirect laryngoscope that has been developed to facilitate tracheal intubation. There are case reports and few studies describing the utility of Airtraq in difficult airway situations.[1,2,3,4,5] The utility of Airtraq as a backup device for intubation in the event of failure/ difficulty with conventional laryngoscope is not clear. In this retrospective study we analysed the data of patients who had difficult/ failed intubation with conventional laryngoscope and in whom Airtraq was used as an alternate technique for intubation. Airtraq has been described for the management of difficult airway It is not clear from the literature about the utility of Airtraq in situations of failed intubation as a rescue device. This study was conducted to evaluate the utility of Airtraq as a rescue device during difficult/ failed intubation
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