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Difficult tracheal intubation in critically ill

open access: yesJournal of Intensive Care, 2018
Background Endotracheal intubation in critically ill is a high-risk procedure requiring significant expertise in airway handling as well as understanding of pathophysiology of the disease process.
Armin Ahmed, Afzal Azim
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of Use of a Bougie vs Endotracheal Tube and Stylet on First-Attempt Intubation Success Among Patients With Difficult Airways Undergoing Emergency Intubation: A Randomized Clinical Trial

open access: yesJournal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2018
Importance The tracheal tube introducer, known as the bougie, is typically used to aid tracheal intubation in poor laryngoscopic views or after intubation attempts fail.
B. Driver   +8 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Vocal Fold Scar Treatment via Controlled Dexamethasone Delivery With a Light‐Activatable Implant

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
A light‐activatable dexamethasone implant was employed for the treatment of vocal fold (VF) scarring in a rabbit model. The implant enables controlled, repeatable drug release via near‐infrared laser irradiation, improving biomechanics, vibratory function, and histological architecture at the injury site.
Denzel Ryan D. Cruz   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pharyngeal injury during a difficult orotracheal intubation in a new born infant. Report of the case

open access: yesIatreia, 2018
Infants with complications during labor, prematurity, or birth defects may be at risk when they require orotracheal intubation. We report the case of a full-term female infant with a dysmorphic syndrome, seen at a second level hospital in Bogotá, who ...
Marrugo Pardo, Gilberto Eduardo   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

How to Negotiate Difficult Colonoscopy to Optimize Cecal Intubation Rate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Colonoscopy is the current standard method for evaluating colon. Cecal intubation rate is an important indicator of colonoscopy quality. In up to 10–20% colonoscopies, cecal intubation may be considered difficult.There are several consequences of low ...
Bayupurnama, P. (Putut)   +1 more
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Inflammatory Markers Stratify Surgical Outcomes in Pediatric Airway Reconstruction

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objectives Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) predicts surgical success in adult patients undergoing open airway reconstruction for laryngotracheal stenosis, but similar biomarkers in pediatrics remain unidentified. This study identifies predictors of outcomes in pediatric patients undergoing triple endoscopy or surgical airway ...
Nomongo Dorjsuren   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Cardiac interventions in patients with achondroplasia: a systematic review. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Patients with achondroplasia and other causes of dwarfism suffer from increased rates of cardiovascular disease relative to the remainder of the population.
Choi, Jae Hwan   +6 more
core   +1 more source

A randomized controlled comparison of non-channeled king vision, McGrath MAC video laryngoscope and Macintosh direct laryngoscope for nasotracheal intubation in patients with predicted difficult intubations

open access: yesBMC Anesthesiology, 2019
BackgroundKing Vision and McGrath MAC video laryngoscopes (VLs) are increasingly used. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of nasotracheal intubation in patients with predicted difficult intubations using non-channeled King Vision ...
Haozhen Zhu   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Overnight Monitoring After T&A for Children Ages 24–36 Months: Is It Always Necessary?

open access: yesThe Laryngoscope, EarlyView.
This study aims to identify whether all children < 3 years of age require overnight admission after tonsillectomy with or without adenoidectomy. We found that 98.7% of children who were off oxygen within 3 h after surgery never went back on oxygen during the entire monitoring period.
Tyler Van Heest   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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