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Chapter 6 - Pre-anaesthetic Airway Endoscopy, Real and Virtual

from Section 1 - Airway Management: Background and Techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2020

By
William Rosenblatt  and
Imran Ahmad
Edited by
Tim Cook  and
Michael Seltz Kristensen
Tim Cook
Affiliation:
Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK
Michael Seltz Kristensen
Affiliation:
Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
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Summary

This chapter explores the well-established skill of upper airway endoscopy as a tool for assessing the upper airway and planning the best airway management approach for anaesthesia. It also describes the emerging modality of virtual airway endoscopy, which can examine both upper and lower airway, and its potential roles. Both techniques focus on examination of the air column within the airway (Greenland’s ‘middle column’) but can reach beyond the sight of the naked eye. Both techniques have potential to aid understanding of the patient’s airway anatomy and pathology and can enable improved airway planning.

Keywords

Airwayairway assessmentendoscopyimagingnasendoscopyvirtual endoscopy
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Core Topics in Airway Management , pp. 58 - 62
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Further Reading

Ahmad, I, Millhoff, B, John, M, Andi, K, Oakley, R. (2015). Virtual endoscopy – a new assessment tool in difficult airway management. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 27, 508–513.Google Scholar
El-Boghdadly, K, Onwochei, DN, Millhoff, B, Ahmad, I. (2017). The effect of virtual endoscopy on diagnostic accuracy and airway management strategies in patients with head and neck pathology: a prospective cohort study. Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia, 64, 1101–1110.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Ovassapian, A, Glassenberg, R, Randel, GI, et al. (2002). The unexpected difficult airway and lingual tonsil hyperplasia: a case series and review of the literature. Anesthesiology, 97, 124–132.Google Scholar
Rosenblatt, W, Ianus, AI, Sukhupragarn, W, Fickenscher, A, Sasaki, C. (2004). Preoperative endoscopic airway examination (PEAE) provides superior airway information and may reduce the use of unnecessary awake intubation. Anesthesia & Analgesia, 112, 602–607. http://doi.org/10.1213/ANE.0b013e3181fdfc1cCrossRefGoogle Scholar
Samuelson, ST, Burnett, G, Sim, AJ, et al. (2016). Simulation as a set-up for technical proficiency: can a virtual warm-up improve live fibre-optic intubation? British Journal of Anaesthesia, 116, 398–404.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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