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  • Title: Emergency management of respiratory failure by endotracheal intubation through the nose under the guidance of portable bedside fibrobronchoscope.
    Author: Su J, You CX, Cai SX, Wang XY, Zhu SF, Luo YL.
    Journal: Di Yi Jun Yi Da Xue Xue Bao; 2002 May; 22(5):464-5. PubMed ID: 12390719.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To investigate the value of portable fibrobronchoscope in the management of respiratory failure by endotracheal intubation through the nose. METHODS: Fifty-eight patients with acute or chronic respiratory failure received mechanical ventilation by endotracheal intubation through the nose under the guidance of portable fibrobronchoscope. RESULTS: Intubation was successfully performed in all the patients in a single attempt (which took 30 min to 5 min) without interruption of autonomous breathing or incurring laryngospasm or cardiac arrest. After mechanical ventilation for 30 min, conspicuous improvement of respiratory failure was observed in all the cases. CONCLUSION: With convenient and easy manipulation, portable fibrobronchoscope provides quick and accurate guidance for endotracheal intubation through the nose in the emergency management of respiratory failure.
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