RT Book, Section
A1 Nasr, Ned F.
A1 Tzonkov, Anna
A1 Voronov, Gennadiy G.
A2 Reichman, Eric F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1159795409
T1 Retrograde Guidewire Intubation
T2 Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e
YR 2018
FD 2018
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861925
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159795409
RD 2024/04/20
AB Oral  endotracheal  intubation  via  direct  laryngoscopy  or  video-assisted  laryngoscopy  remains  the  “gold  standard”  of  airway  management.  Difficult  situations  arise  in  which  oral  endotracheal  intubation  is  impossible,  is  contraindicated,  or  fails.  Retrograde  guidewire  intubation  is  an  alternative  airway  management  technique.  The  American  Society  of  Anesthesiology  difficult  airway  algorithm  describes  retrograde  intubation  as  an  alternative  airway  in  the  nonemergent  pathway  when  mask  ventilation  is  adequate  but  multiple  intubation  attempts  are  not  successful.  The  technique  should  be  familiar  to  those  involved  with  emergency  airway  management.1,2