#9624 - 11/14/06 08:41 PM
Re: King LT-D Airway?
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Jason Gilliam
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Obviously I am not a great user of the forum here but felt inclined to take a look this afternoon. THe King LT is similar to the Combitube that was developed by Dr Frass. The King LT was developed I believe in Great Britain for a similar purpose. Unlike the Combitube wich if dual lument the King LT is single lumen and rlies on the fact that 99% of the Combitubes are esophageal placements. The King is designed only to be placed esophageally and would serve as a superglottic device just as the Combitub e does. The benefit is that the tube is a bit more pliable and is less likely to cause treachal trauma than a Combitube. The down side is that if it is by chance placed into the trachea itcould not be used and would have to replaced.
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#9625 - 11/20/06 12:28 PM
Re: King LT-D Airway?
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Rodney Hanes
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Ok Jason I started reading tis thread, the company makes three version of the king lt-d, one of which is essentially a combitube. however another product caught my eye. The AirTraq a disposable fiberoptic laryngoscope. Have we as a department looked at some these new products. airtraq
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#14239 - 06/17/07 11:43 PM
Re: King LT-D Airway?
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John Sippel
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Sounds like the bad kind of outweighs the good. We're just getting to the point where some of the ER physicians are used to the combitubes, and a few of them have even left them in place. Why switch, and have to start the learning curve all over?
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