Morbidly obese patients may present a challenge during airway management. When airway tube exchange is required, it can even be more challenging than the primary intubation. The current articles emphasize on airway tube exchanging techniques, besides conventional direct laryngoscopy, in morbidly obese patients, in order to secure the airway and successfully change between a single-lumen tube (SLT) and a double lumen tube (DLT) when necessary.
With the prevalence of obesity and morbid obesity on the rise,all healthcare specialties are witnessing more and more of these patients. There will be increasing numbers of obese patients presenting for surgical procedures, including ones that require endotracheal tube exchanges.It is, therefore, important for anesthesiologists to be familiar with options and limitations of the airway tube exchanger techniques. Due to concerns of a possible…
