An alternative anesthetic technique can be employed when conventional nasal intubation methods do not work in patients undergoing dental procedures or oral surgery. The method involves a gum elastic ...

In a recent retrospective, observational study, Driver and colleagues [1] reviewed consecutive intubations in an emergency department (ED) at an urban, level 1 academic trauma center during the 2013 ...

Anesthesiologists can use an alternative anesthetic technique involving a gum elastic bougie device when conventional nasal intubation methods do not work, according to an article published in the ...

Difficulties with Gum Elastic Bougie Intubation in an Academic Emergency Department. Shah KH et al. The Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011; 41:429-434. The Gum Elastic Bougie (bougie) has been used ...