Rapid-sequence intubation of a patient with difficult airway using a double-lumen endotracheal tube with the Pentax-AWS Airwayscope and a soft-tipped tube exchanger

Rapid-sequence intubation of a double-lumen tube is difficult, especially in patients with difficult airway [1]. Here we report successful rapid-sequence intubation of a patient with difficult airway using a double-lumen endotracheal tube (DLT) with the Pentax-AWS Airwayscope (AWS) (HOYA, Tokyo, Japan) videolaryngoscope equipped with a newly developed Intlock for DLT (ITL-LL) (HOYA), combined with a soft-tipped tube exchange catheter (TE-Soft) (Cook Medical, IN, USA).

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