Background: The incidence of cough during extubation occurs in 40–76% of patients. One effort to reduce this incidence is the use of lidocaine. This study aims to further investigate the benefits of intratracheal lidocaine in reducing the incidence of ...
I Made Artawan +2 more
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Alveolar fluid clearance in healthy pigs and influence of positive end-expiratory pressure [PDF]
Journal Article;INTRODUCTION The objectives were to characterize alveolar fluid clearance (AFC) in pigs with normal lungs and to analyze the effect of immediate application of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP).
Manuel Garcia-Delgado +5 more
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Interventional bronchoscopy for benign tracheobronchial diseases under cardiopulmonary bypass support: case reports and literature review [PDF]
The use of cardiopulmonary bypass as an adjunct to airway surgery for non-malignant diseases in adults is not well established in the UK. We are reporting two cases which demonstrate the additional benefits of using cardiopulmonary bypass during ...
Hussamuddin Adwan +21 more
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Comparing the effect of using normal saline, N-acetyl cysteine and not using them in endotracheal tube suction on physiologic parameters and the amount of secretions in intubated patients under mechanical ventilation [PDF]
Aims: Today a large number of patients hospitalized in Intensive Care Unit need mechanical ventilation via an artificial air way. Since these patients have endotracheal tube, endotracheal suctioning is necessary for increasing oxygenation, cleaning the ...
Akbaryan Deheki, N. +6 more
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Relationship of arterial and exhaled CO2 during elevated artificial pneumoperitoneum pressure for introduction of the first trocar. [PDF]
The present study evaluated the correlation between arterial CO2 and exhaled CO2 during brief high-pressure pneumoperitoneum. Patients were randomly distributed into two groups: P12 group (n=30) received a maximum intraperitoneal pressure of 12mmHg ...
Afonso C. C. G. Machado +11 more
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Mucosal injury following short term tracheal intubation: a novel animal model and composite injury score [PDF]
Objectives: Postintubation laryngotracheal injury is common. Assessment of histopathological changes currently requires animal models. We set about developing a viable, resource effective animal model to study these effects and to develop a detailed ...
Andrews +31 more
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Background Optimal vocal cord visualization depends on the patient’s anatomical factors, characteristics of the laryngoscope, and the operator’s muscle action. This study evaluated the effect of table inclination and three different laryngoscopic methods
Efrain Riveros-Perez +5 more
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Background: Nasotracheal intubation (NTI) is required in oral and maxillofacial surgery. The Magill forceps method guides the endotracheal tube but risks trauma and cuff damage. The cuff inflation technique redirects the tube by inflating the cuff in the
Renganathan Sockalingam +3 more
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In vivo evaluation of the inhibitory capacity of human plasma on exogenous surfactant function [PDF]
Objective: The adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) are characterized by high permeability pulmonary edema which contains plasma-derived proteins inhibiting pulmonary surfactant function.
Eijking, E.P. (Eric) +3 more
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Adverse Effects of Intratracheal Intubation by Emergency Medicine Residents; a Cross-Sectional Study
Introduction: Airway management of patients is among the responsibilities of an emergency medicine specialist. To decrease the adverse effects of intubation, sufficient knowledge of the drugs used and proper skill in intratracheal intubation is needed ...
Iraj Golikhatir +3 more
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