Journal article
Failed emergency transtracheal ventilation through a 14-gauge intravenous catheter
Journal of clinical anesthesia, v 8(1), pp 58-62
1996
PMID: 8695082
Abstract
We encountered two patients who could be neither ventilated nor intubated after induction of anesthesia. In both cases, transtracheal ventilation failed after emergent cricothyroid membrane puncture with a 14-gauge intravenous (IV) catheter. In the first case, two catheters placed in rapid succession kinked, preventing gas exchange. In the second case, absence of a plunger on the needle-over-catheter assembly prevented confirmation of intratracheal placement. Both patients required emergent tracheal access by the surgeon. We suggest that transtracheal ventilation via standard IV catheters as a primary emergent rescue technique be reassessed.
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- Title
- Failed emergency transtracheal ventilation through a 14-gauge intravenous catheter
- Creators
- Samuel Metz - Hahnemann University HospitalJonathan L. Parmet - Hahnemann University HospitalJerry D. Levitt - Hahnemann University Hospital
- Publication Details
- Journal of clinical anesthesia, v 8(1), pp 58-62
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1996TX09100012
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0030059431
- Other Identifier
- 991019169801504721
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